"Hobbits" not related to Homo Erectus

[gigantor]

Flores Man "hobbits" found in Indonesia were NOT direct relatives of Modern Humans

 

 

ANCIENT “hobbits” recently discovered in Indonesia were not an early form of modern human but an entirely different species, scientists have found.

 

Experts initially believed the Homo Floresiensis – or Flores man – were just a shrunken variety of early humans.

But a study by The Australian National University (ANU) found the race were most likely a different species altogether.

 

Researchers think they were related to a sister species of Homo habilis – one of the earliest known ancestors of modern mankind which lived in Africa 1.75 million years ago.

 

“Homo floresiensis occupied a very primitive position on the human evolutionary tree.

“We can be 99 per cent sure it’s not related to Homo erectus and nearly 100 per cent chance it isn’t a malformed Homo sapiens.”

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[MikeZimmer]

Not that I don't like to look at tabloids from time to time. A source other than a tabloid (unless maybe The Sunday Morning Herald is just as disreputable as the Sun.) 

 

 

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/origins-of-indonesias-flores-hobbits-most-likely-in-africa-and-not-from-java-man-study-claims-20170421-gvptdr.html

 

 

[norseman]

What this means is that radiation out of Africa of upright walking primates has been going on for much longer than previously believed.