Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis

ScienceDaily
Aug 6, 2024, 1:11 pm111 pts
A new study reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb bone. Dated to about 700,000 years old, the new findings shed light on the evolution of Homo floresiensis, the so-called 'Hobbits' of Flores whose remains…

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