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A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia.

Brown, P., Sutikna, T., Morwood, M. J., Soejono, R. P., Jatmiko, Wayhu Saptomo, E., Awe Due, Rokus·2004·Nature
DOI 10.1038/nature02999
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Currently, it is widely accepted that only one hominin genus, Homo, was present in Pleistocene Asia, represented by two species, Homo erectus and Homo sapiens. Both species are characterized by greater brain size, increased body height and smaller teeth relative to Pliocene Australopithecus in Africa. Here we report the discovery, from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia, of an adult hominin with stature and endocranial volume approximating 1 m and 380 cm3, respectively--equal to the smallest-known australopithecines. The combination of primitive and derived features assigns this hominin to a new species, Homo floresiensis. The most likely explanation for its existence on Flores is long-term isolation, with subsequent endemic dwarfing, of an ancestral H. erectus population. Importantly, H. floresiensis shows that the genus Homo is morphologically more varied and flexible in its adaptive responses than previously thought.

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Authors
Brown, P., Sutikna, T., Morwood, M. J., Soejono, R. P., Jatmiko, Wayhu Saptomo, E., & Awe Due, R.
Affiliations
University of New England (AU)
Corresponding author
Brown, P.
ORCID
Sutikna, T.
Venue
Nature
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2004-10
Volume
431
Issue
7012
Pages
1055-1061
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/nature02999
OpenAlex
W1979544339
Cited by
1,075
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 32 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 48 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 81 · 2018: 77 · 2017: 42 · 2016: 52 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 48 · 2013: 46 · 2012: 42
FWCI
404.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations
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  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Primate Behavior and Ecology
Keywords
Homo floresiensis, Late Pleistocene, Flores, Homo erectus, dwarfism, endocranial volume, body stature, adaptive response
MeSH terms
Adult, Animals, Body Constitution, Bone and Bones, Biological Evolution, Female, Geography, Humans, Indonesia, Skeleton, Skull, Time Factors, Tooth, Hominidae, History, Ancient

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