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... and especially so for the upcoming prequels (titled “The Hobbit,” Parts 1 and 2). We’re stuck with hobbits in these stories, and so ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Mar 23 2010 - 11:58am - 0 attachments

... dangers stranger than those that encountered by Frodo the Hobbit on his way to the Lonely Mountain   The earth goes through strange ...

Article - Howard Bloom - Dec 9 2009 - 2:24am - 0 attachments

... at 25 kg, the creature was soon referred to as 'the Hobbit'. Despite its brain size not being bigger than that of a chimpanzee, the hobbit is believed to have used stone tools and fire. Amazingly, this 'Hobbit' ...

Article - Johannes Koelman - Dec 27 2009 - 2:31pm - 0 attachments

I was fascinated by the discovery of the dwarfed hominin Homo floresiensis back in 2004 when it was first announced, but was skeptical that it was really a separate species. Later when I saw a cast of the skull , I admit to being more enthused ...

Article - John Dennehy - May 6 2009 - 9:17pm - 0 attachments

... bone that helps form the arch in a modern human foot. The "hobbit" navicular bone is more akin to that found in great apes, which means ... "This is another strong piece of the evidence that the "hobbit" was not like us."  Researchers also assessed the pathology ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2009 - 1:56pm - 0 attachments

Since the reporting of the so-called “hobbit” fossil from the island of Flores in Indonesia, debate has raged as to ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2008 - 2:43pm - 1 attachment

... Like many species trapped on small islands, such as the ‘hobbit’, Homo floresiensis, of Flores and pygmy elephants on Malta, the ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 9 2008 - 11:33pm - 1 attachment

After the skeletal remains of an 18,000-year-old, Hobbit-sized human were discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003, ... hominid's braincase and concluded that the so-called Hobbit was actually a new species closely related to Homo sapiens. ...

Article - Administrator - Jan 30 2007 - 7:31pm - 0 attachments