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Homo floresiensis
extinct hominin
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- Pleistocene Epoch
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- CNN - The remarkable fossil that radically changed our understanding of the human story (Apr. 05, 2024)
Homo floresiensis, taxonomic name given to an extinct hominin (member of the human lineage) that is presumed to have lived on the Indonesian island of Flores as recently as 12,000 years ago). The origins of the species are not fully understood. Some evidence suggests that Homo floresiensis descended from modern humans (H. sapiens), and other evidence supports the notion that H. floresiensis descended from a different species within genus Homo. Skeletal remains of an adult female and other individuals were found at the Liang Bua cave on Flores in 2004 by a team of Australian and Indonesian anthropologists. An initial ...(100 of 516 words)