News articles tagged with 'hobbit'
'Hobbits' are a new human species - according to the statistical analysis of fossils
— 21 Nov 2009 09:42 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers from Stony Brook University Medical Centre in New York have confirmed that Homo floresiensis is a genuine ancient human species and not a descendant of healthy humans dwarfed…
Island life - a probable reason for hobbit's small brain
— 6 May 2009 17:00 | Geology and palaeontologyThe hobbit, Homo floresiensis, may have had a tiny brain because it lived on an island, according to a new study published in the recent (7 May 2009) issue of the scientific journal…
Top minds in 'Hobbit' debate gather at Stony Brook University
— 7 Feb 2009 12:44 | Geology and palaeontologyAs the debate rages on about whether Homo floresiensis - so called 'Hobbit' - fossils discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003 represent a separate human species, researchers…
'Hobbit' fossils represent a new species
— 18 Dec 2008 11:12 | Geology and palaeontologyUniversity of Minnesota anthropology professor Kieran McNulty (along with colleague Karen Baab of Stony Brook University in New York) has made an important contribution toward solving…
New research sheds light on hobbit
— 20 Sep 2007 20:30 | Geology and palaeontologyAn international team of researchers led by the Smithsonian Institution has completed a new study on Homo floresiensis, commonly referred to as the 'hobbit,' a 3-foot-tall, 18,000-year-old…
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