'Hobbit' from Liang Bua on Flores joins human family tree
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | ‘Hobbit’ joins human family tree
And who said Lord of the Rings is a fairy tale? We just found the Hobbits!
“Scientists have discovered a new and tiny species of human that lived in Indonesia at the same time our own ancestors were colonising the world.
The new species – dubbed “the Hobbit” due to its small size – lived on Flores island until at least 12,000 years ago.
The fact that little people feature in the legends of modern Flores islanders suggests we might have to take tales of Leprechauns and Yeti more seriously.
Details of the sensational find are described in the journal Nature.
The whole idea that you need a particular brain size to do anything intelligent is completely blown away by this find “
Hey.. this brought me to thinking.. Islam taught us that human is the highest form of creature created because we have intelligence, and many other senses. Well.. then how do you explain this, if there is another creature (you can’t say that they’re animals, they are so like us their ancestors are our ancestors the homo erectus) alive???? they are as smart as we were living side by side with us for thousands of years. Although there is the fact that human solely rule this planet alone right now.. hmmm what do you think?