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| A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia |
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| Author(s): Brown P, Sutikna T, Morwood MJ, Soejono RP, Jatmiko, Saptomo EW, Due RA |
| Source: NATURE Volume: 431 Issue: 7012 Pages: 1055-1061 Published: OCT 28 2004 |
| Times Cited: 162 References: 49 |
| Abstract: Currently, it is widely accepted that only one hominin genus, Homo, was present in Pleistocene Asia, represented by two species, Homo erectus and Homo sapiens. Both species are characterized by greater brain size, increased body height and smaller teeth relative to Pliocene Australopithecus in Africa. Here we report the discovery, from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia, of an adult hominin with stature and endocranial volume approximating 1 m and 380 cm(3), respectively - equal to the smallest-known australopithecines. The combination of primitive and derived features assigns this hominin to a new species, Homo floresiensis. The most likely explanation for its existence on Flores is long-term isolation, with subsequent endemic dwarfing, of an ancestral H. erectus population. Importantly, H. floresiensis shows that the genus Homo is morphologically more varied and flexible in its adaptive responses than previously thought. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Brown, P (reprint author), Univ New England, Sch Human & Environm Studies, Armidale, NSW 2351 Australia |
Addresses:
1. Univ New England, Sch Human & Environm Studies, Armidale, NSW 2351 Australia
2. Indonesian Ctr Archaeol, Jakarta 12001, Indonesia |
| Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: 865VB |
| ISSN: 0028-0836 |
| DOI: 10.1038/nature02999 |
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