Homo Floresiensis was part of the Asian dispersals of the descendants of Homo ergaster and Homo erectus. Truely an amazing find and incredible that a branch of H.erectus survived up until almost the beginning of recorded history.
Homo Floresiensis was part of the Asian dispersals of the descendants of Homo ergaster and Homo erectus. Truely an amazing find and incredible that a branch of H.erectus survived up until almost the beginning of recorded history.
a) Some of the skeleton's features hark back to much earlier in the hominin sequence than the earliest Homo erectus finds from Java. Some of the 1.8-million-year-old finds from Dmanisis in Georgia are the closest match.
b) The little hominins lived at Liang until about 12,000 years ago. This is remarkably recent and overlaps by tens of thousands of years with modern humans in the region. Documenting the nature of interaction between us and them is a future priority.
c) The complexity of behaviour exhibited by the little hominins is unexpected given their small brain size. Communal hunting of Stegodon, use of fire and making sophisticated stone tools are all evident in associated deposits.
Good chart, thanks.