Indonesia’s tiny hobbits descended from even smaller ancestors

FlyingSquid , 1 month ago

It’s amazing to think that at one time, there were at least four species of human on this Earth at once- us, Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo Floresiensis.

Also, please don’t make me sad with a ‘humerus’ pun. The world is already depressing.

Edit: Also, this is essentially true, but silly-

There’s no indication that any species that came before modern humans had developed boating technology

Yes, because they would almost certainly be made out of something that would have biodegraded by now unless archaeologists make an extremely lucky find. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t have built, at the very least, simple rafts. They were already advanced tool users.

We know now that Homo Heidelbergensis, or a similar species, was already constructing with wood over 400,000 years ago.

apnews.com/…/early-humans-oldest-structure-zambia…

some_guy OP , 1 month ago

Plus Homo Naledi.

Here’s where they were introduced. It’s a pretty remarkable talk.

Crackhappy , 1 month ago

There are some amazingly small people in Indonesia. I saw a woman driving a sit down scooter a couple days ago in east Java who was standing up because she’s too short to sit down and reach the handles. My sister is also from Java and is 4’9". I’m 6’3" and we like to tell people that we are twins. Haha

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Reverendender , 1 month ago

This was a fascinating read! Hobbit Islands!