Anthropologist Confirms 'Hobbit' Indeed A Seperate (Human) Species

Science Daily ^ | 1-29-2007 | Florida State University

[SunkenCiv]

Blam, I tried twice to post this one as a separate article (no luck on finding a single URL for it, but I have the whole text), so I'm pickin' this spot for it. Update to the GGG list members, to this January 2007 topic.

When archaeologists working on the Indonesian island of Flores announced a new species of human, Bob Eckhardt and colleagues set about debunking their claim
by Charles Fergus
updated April 23. 2007
Penn State

Anthropologists frequently cite a unique shape or placement of teeth when describing a new species. According to Morwood's team, a CT scan had demonstrated the absence of a third molar for LB1. Etty Indriati had found the existing socket and a tooth fragment where the "missing" molar should have been. But LB1's teeth displayed other peculiarities, including enlarged wear surfaces, long roots, and an unusual rotated position of premolars in the upper jaw. "Those traits were characterized as unique," says Eckhardt. "But it turns out that the rotated premolars are shared by about 20 percent of the people still living in Rampasasa, a village near Liang Bua." This particular Australomelanesian population is short-statured enough to be known as the Rampasasa pygmies. Many individuals in the population show receding chins (another supposed species-distinguishing characteristic), leading Eckhardt and his colleagues to state in their PNAS paper: "Absence of a chin cannot be a valid taxonomic character for the Liang Bua mandibles." The Jacob team contends that Morwood and his research group should have compared LB1's teeth with those of other populations in the same region, such as the Rampasasa cohort, rather than with Homo sapiens from other geographic areas of the world, principally Europe and Africa.

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Base of LB1 skull showing socket of alleged "congenitally missing" upper right third molar. Courtesy R.B. Eckhardt

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[night reader]

Anthropologist Confirms 'Hobbit' Indeed A Separate (Human) Species

Well, that would explain James Carville...
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Carville's human???

[mcar]

perfect

[Vicomte13]

LOL!!!

Hurtsss us it doesss, yessss, my precioussss, our sssidess isss hurting! Makess usss laugh, it doess, yesss, my preciousss!

[Vicomte13]

“It’d be interesting to see what Tolkien had in mind when he was conceiving the race of Orcs for his novels. I’m surprised that C.A.I.R. (the Council of Angry Islamic Racicals) hasn’t protested the Ring series...”

Elves twisted by the evil of the Devil is what Tolkien had in mind.

[colonialhk]

Add a picture of Robert Reich

[spyone]

Wow, that is an astounding statistic! Is this a consensus fact?

[blam]

Here's the latest news on this subject:

Small skull, huge controversy: Saga of the Flores 'hobbit' continues

[spyone]

No, I meant the 2,000-10,000 survivors of Toba worldwide.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

There is more...

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[blam]

Yes, It can still be seen in your/our DNA. Read here:

Late Pleostocene Human Population Bottlenecks. . . (Toba)

[mcar]

Saw it on "Caption Time: Obama and The Rev. Al Sharpton"
Still funny! Must have taken some time...

[spyone]

Wow...what a mind blower...thanks so much Blam. Embarrased to say I’d never heard of Toba before. Your comments have unleashed a whole new area of study for me. I am grateful!

[Vicomte13]

LOL!

The two best were John McCain and Al Gore. I like John McCain, but that was too damned funny.

The two that don’t work are Rumsfeld and Cheney.
You should cast Faramir’s captain, the grizzled warrior who warms him that failure to turn over the Ring to his father will be his death, and the one who dies defending Osgiliath) as Rumsfeld. That works.
For Cheney, the Elf just doesn’t quite work. It’s too bad that Cheney doesn’t look like Gimli. Unfortunately for Cave Man Cheney, Grima really is his image double.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

It’s too bad that Cheney doesn’t look like Gimli.

That is John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia...

[Vicomte13]

That works!

When I saw the McCain one I laughed so hard I peed.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

The two that don’t work are Rumsfeld and Cheney. For Cheney, the Elf just doesn’t quite work.

Tommy Thompson?