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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

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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
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FWCI: 404.36
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
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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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A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia.

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