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, small-bodied Homo lineage related to H. habilis left Africa before H. erectus, and H. floresiensis…
An early, small-bodied Homo lineage related to H. habilis left Africa before H. erectus, and H. floresiensis is its late descendant.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Primitive traits of the wrist, shoulder, foot and pelvis are inherited, not size-related.
- Small-bodied hominins older than H. erectus exist somewhere between Africa and Flores.
What would rule it out
- Erectus-specific derived traits in the oldest Flores fossils, or demonstration that the primitive traits follow from small size.
Evidence 1 for · 2 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, small-bodied Homo lineage related to H. habilis left Africa before H. erectus, and H. floresiensis… [Answer ANS0CZNMM8W678M]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CZNMM8W678M
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