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NEWS ABOUT: hobbits

hobbits stories: 5 news summaries

 Island 'Hobbits'  
 Separate Human Species 

Separate species may have evolved from homo erectus

May 7, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two new reports forward the theory that the tiny people who roamed an Indonesian island 8,000 years ago were a separate species of human, the BBC reports, not just pygmy versions of homo sapiens. The biggest clue is the feet of the “hobbits,” which are distinctly primitive... More »

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evolution • Indonesia • homo sapien • Homo erectus • skeleton • hobbits • Homo floresiensis

 'Hobbit' 
 Fossils 
 Mesmerize 
 Scientists 



Number of supporters grow for 'distinct' hominid species theory

Apr 28, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six years after their discovery on an Indonesian island, fossils of 3-foot-tall people creatures nicknamed "hobbits" continue to captivate researchers, reports the New York Times. So far, they haven't been clearly linked to other known human fossils. They may be descendants of Homo erectus who migrated from Africa... More »

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fossil • hominids • Homo erectus • hobbits • Flores • Homo floresiensis

'Hobbits' Were Just Short on Food: Scientists

Others say Indonesian remains were dwarfish new species

Mar 5, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In a new volley in the back and forth over whether "hobbit" fossils found on an Indonesian island were a separate species, a research team says the remains are those of modern humans suffering from malnutrition-induced dwarfism. Iodine deficiency during pregnancy can result in humans growing less than 3... More »

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Indonesia • DNA • hobbits • malnutrition • Flores • Liang Bua cave • severe iodine deficiency • congenital hypothyroidism • dwarf • Homo floresiensis

Jackson to Helm Hobbit

His Rings lawsuit resolved, Jackson embarks on prequel

Dec 18, 07 5:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Peter Jackson has resolved his lawsuit with New Line and plans to helm two much-hyped Hobbit films, the first due out in 2010, according to an Entertainment Weekly interview with MGM chief Harry Sloan. Jackson will co-write and may direct one or both films—unless he and New Line's Bob... More »

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Peter Jackson • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • hobbits • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Screen Actors Guild • J.R.R. Tolkein • Metro Goldwyn Mayer • MGM • actor

'Hobbits' Were, Indeed, a Different Kind
of Human

Wrist-bone analysis shows link to apes

Sep 21, 07 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new study of three wrist bones from an 18,000-year-old fossil shows that the so-called hobbits of Indonesia were, indeed, a separate human species. When the bones were discovered in 2003, scientists trumpeted the find as evidence of a smaller species, Homo floresiensis. But skeptics argued that the... More »

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Indonesia • archaeology • fossil • homo sapien • human evolution • anthropology • Homo erectus • skeleton • primitive • hobbits

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