Mini-me joins the human family tree.

Jeebus · 30th October 2004, 10:35 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3948165.stm

This is fucking great.

Quote:

Scientists have discovered a new and tiny species of human that lived in Indonesia at the same time our own ancestors were colonising the world.
The one-metre- (3ft) tall species - dubbed "the Hobbit" - lived on Flores Island until at least 12,000 years ago.

^_mincher_^ · 30th October 2004, 02:34 PM

That is pretty cool. I wonder what things would be like if they never died out...

AlanG · 30th October 2004, 02:41 PM

who says they havent?

In similar discussions on other boards there was someone from Australia who claims to be close friends to an Aboriginal chief who as passed down by generations knows where to spot them in the non-inhabited places of Aus.

now this could of course be bollocks, but 12,000 isnt a long time and there are there are vast expanses in Australia where no men go.

doubt there are any left, but as the guy who wrote the BBC article says: where would they go Eton or the zoo?

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30th October 2004, 02:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
^_mincher_^ Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dundee....originally Irvine. Posts: 1,489	That is pretty cool. I wonder what things would be like if they never died out...

30th October 2004, 02:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
AlanG ModSword +5 of Editing Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,255	who says they havent? In similar discussions on other boards there was someone from Australia who claims to be close friends to an Aboriginal chief who as passed down by generations knows where to spot them in the non-inhabited places of Aus. now this could of course be bollocks, but 12,000 isnt a long time and there are there are vast expanses in Australia where no men go. doubt there are any left, but as the guy who wrote the BBC article says: where would they go Eton or the zoo?