Homo Floresiensis

A new member of the human tribe, Homo Floresiensis, was discovered in 2003 on the Indonesian island of Flores. These diminutive humans were alive as recently as 20,000 years ago, which makes them contemporary with us (H. sapiens) and H. neanderthalensis. The recently opened Hall of Human Origins at the National Museum of Natural History has incredibly lifelike models by the artist John Gurche, including H. Floresiensis shown here. [I’m not fond of the moniker “Hobbit” BTW. I think it clouds the facts and significance of this discovery.]

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