Researchers have so far unearthed remains from eight individuals who were just one metre tall, with grapefruit-sized skulls. These astonishing little people, nicknamed 'hobbits', made tools, hunted tiny elephants and lived at the same time as modern humans who were colonizing the area.
News@nature.com tells the story of a find that changes the world of palaeoanthropology, and challenges our perception of what it means to be human.[/quote]
This was a great story because I've been hanging around with a bunch of creationist lately. but this is the best part.....
Yep if there are little hominids then there is probably a Big Foot out there too. After all scientist only found this goat in 1996..?The discovery of Homo floresiensis makes it much more likely that stories of other mythical, human-like creatures are founded on grains of truth.
