The 3ft-tall 'hobbit' that rewrites the history of mankind

[emad]

Independent
By Steve Connor and David Keys
28 October 2004


Scientists are celebrating the most important breakthrough in anthropology for a century: the discovery of a new species of apeman.

Described as human "hobbits", the apemen grew no taller than about 3ft and had brains the size of grapefruits. They lived alongside prehistoric man for thousands of years before they finally died out in the dense jungles of Indonesia, in a lost world inhabited by dwarf elephants and giant rats.

Archaeologists excavated the skeletal remains of the little humans from a cave on the remote Indonesian island of Flores, which has a rich history of exotic animals such as giant lizards and miniature beasts.

Four dating techniques proved the species of "little people" was still living in the region as recently as 13,000 years ago. They may even have survived into more modern times - when they could have been the inspiration for local folktales of shy pygmy apemen who lived in the forest.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=576797

Is this the new species?:

[lil-petunia]

1. Middle earth - indonesian islands?

makes sense

[rocktivity]

2. Dwarf elephants? Giant rats?

Sounds like to me they were doing their digging in Washington DC!

:headbang:
rocknation

[emad]

5. Huge eruption of Magic Mushrooms outside US Ambassador's

official residence, Winfield House, in Regent's Park North London this year. Spooky?

Psilocybin colony suddenly sprung to life at the eclipsed full moon last night prompting much discussion between local residents and the diplomatic armed cops who still patrol outside even though Farish was dumped last July and the residency is still vacant.....

[ET Awful]

6. ROUSes :)

Rodents of Unusual Size.

Geesh, they can't even get their jargon for big rats correct :)

[Demit]

3. wow. that is a new kind of ugly * expression. Like a 12 yr old ready to

spit out a spitball or something. Look at those flared nostrils. That man can't even hide his malevolence any more. Where is this photo from, do you know?

[aden_nak]

4. Noah's Flood created the hobbit men.

*wonders what percentage will get it*