Ancient tiny people whose remains were discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores evolved from large-bodiedHomo erectus individuals from Asia, according to the first ever comprehensive analysis of their teeth.
The study suggests Homo floresiensis, aka ‘the hobbit’, shrank due to what is known as “insular dwarfism” or “the island effect”, which happens when a population evolves in a limited-range environment where fewer resources and smaller territories are the norm.READ MORE-http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/11/19/hobbit-humans-evolved-new-species/
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