Homo-floresiensis A.K.A. the Hobbit will be starring in its very own special issue of The Journal of Human Evolution
Some of the biggest findings are evidence of close ties to Australopithecus, A famous speculative Bigfoot ancestor.
Combined with other anatomical evidence, the results ruled out Asian Homo erectus as the progenitor. Both jawbones shared characteristics with Australopithecus and early Homo, and were closer to them than the Dmanisi skeletons were. The ancestral hobbits must have left Africa before the hominins who reached Dmanisi, Brown and Maeda reasoned.
Another big one would be the redefinition of the genus Homo.
“What will come from this is either the redefining of the genus Homo or the argument that this species has so many unique characteristics and so many features shared with australopithecines that it probably belongs in its own genus,” Brown tells HES.
Discovery Magazine has a great blog dedicated to the Hobbit here.
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