QuestionsHomo floresiensis, the origin of the Flores "hobbits"From which earlier hominin did Homo floresiensis descend?Answer
Answer · Homo floresiensis, the origin of the Flores "hobbits"
An early Asian Homo erectus population reached Flores and evolved small body and brain size by insular…
An early Asian Homo erectus population reached Flores and evolved small body and brain size by insular dwarfing.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: four pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- The oldest Flores hominins share derived traits with early Javanese H. erectus.
- Brain and body size reduction from erectus values is within what island dwarfing can produce in the time available.
- Primitive postcranial traits are explicable as size-related or reversals.
What would rule it out
- Fossils older than 700 ka on Flores that are already floresiensis-sized and lack any erectus-specific derived trait, or a size-corrected phylogeny that still excludes H. erectus as ancestor.
Evidence 4 for · 1 against
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The questions it answers
Most likelyAn early Asian Homo erectus population reached Flores and evolved small body and brain size by insular…
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). An early Asian Homo erectus population reached Flores and evolved small body and brain size by insular… [Answer ANS0CZNMJT05D1P]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CZNMJT05D1P
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