The “Hobbit” is a lie!

Hobbit-Like Humanoid Found In Indonesia Not New Species, Suffered Down Syndrome

The skeletal remains found in Indonesia initially thought to be a new species of human likened to a Hobbit actually was a deformed individual who likely suffered from Down syndrome, U.S., Australian and Chinese researchers say. The remains were found in 2004 on the island of Flores and were dubbed Homo floresiensis.

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The IBT does not discuss that this is not a new idea but when the bones were found the default idea was that indeed it was a deformed modern human, and that those who wanted it to be a new species had to work to establish that idea.

Anyway, the paper is available online at

PNAS

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pnas.org