March 5, 2008

Were Homo floresiensis just a population of myxoedematous endemic cretin Homo sapiens?

New research from the Proceedings of the Royal Society B raises the possibility that Homo floresiensis was nothing more than population of Homo sapiens that were endemic cretins. The paper, “Are the small human-like fossils found on Flores human endemic cretins?” comes from academics in Australia who
“show that the fossils display many signs of congenital [...]