Monday, January 14, 2019

More Evidence That Hobbits Aren't Dwarf Erectus

A 2018 paper from Sweden adds more evidence to the conclusion of two prior papers which conclude that:
H. floresiensis seems to be deeply rooted in the phylogeny of Homo and not closely related to Indonesian H. erectus.
From John Hawks.

5 comments:

neo said...

so what is the hobbit evolved from? i say Australopithecus sebidba

andrew said...

Probably, H. Habilis. https://dispatchesfromturtleisland.blogspot.com/2017/04/hobbits-are-not-dwarf-h-erectus.html

neo said...

so H habilis was the first out of africa?

some think habilis was actually an Australopithecus

DDeden said...

Thanks Andrew.

Ryan said...

We need DNA.