More evidence for hobbit unearthed as diggers are refused access to cave

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Researchers at the Liang Bua cave have uncovered more details about the ancient 'hobbit' of Indonesia as findings reveal that the meter-tall humans, known as Homo floresiensis, lived on the island of Flores as little as 12,000 years ago. They argue that the bones are of a genetically deformed Homo sapiens in a condition called microcephaly, which could cause dwarfism and explain the miniature brain.

Indonesia, Natural history, Origin, Dwarfism, Homo floresiensis, Flores (Indonesia)

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Blast in the past?

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A group of scientists will be presenting a research data in Acapulco, Mexico, on 24 May 2007. This suggests that a big space rock exploded on or above North America at the end of the last ice age, thus causing temperatures to plunge for the next millennium.

Mexico, Glacial epoch, Ice age, Earth sciences research, Clovis culture

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Fossil reptiles mired in controversy

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The controversy over the naming of aetosaurs, a type of ancient armored reptile is reviewed. The allegations by doctoral students in the U.S. and Poland concern three disputed articles, which describe different aetosaurs.

Identification and classification, Saurischia, Saurischians, Reptiles, Fossil, Fossil reptiles

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