Flores Hominins Most Likely Evolved from Early Asian Homo erectus
Recent discoveries of two diminutive hominin species, Homo floresiensis and Homo luzonensis, raise questions regarding how extreme body size reduction occurred in some extinct human species in insular environments. Previous investigations at Mata Menge, Flores Island, Indonesia, suggested that the early Middle Pleistocene ancestors of Homo floresiensis had even smaller jaws and teeth…
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