Massimo Luciani#paleontology #paleoanthropology #fossils #hominins #HomoFloresiensis
An article published in the journal "Nature Communications" reports a study on new fossils belonging to the hominins called Homo floresiensis and nicknamed hobbits found at the site of Mata Menge, on the island of Flores. A team of researchers examined these new fossils dated to about 700,000 years ago and concluded that the species Homo floresiensis could descend from Asian Homo erectus.