LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis

LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis: photograph

A partial skeleton with a nearly complete skull and a brain of about 400 cm³, the specimen every reading of the species is tested against.

Rama, 2003. CC BY-SA 3.0 fr

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PhotoBrown, Sutikna, Morwood and others · doi.org · 2004 · publisherPrimary source: A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia1 step from the original

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PhotographRama · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.0 fr1 step from the original

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PhotographCicero Moraes · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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ModelSmithsonian Human Origins Program (from a cast) · 3d.si.edu · CC0-1.0Primary source: Homo floresiensis: cranium (LB1 cast), Smithsonian 3D2 steps from the original

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PhotographCicero Moraes · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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Where it was made

Liang Bua, Manggarai, Flores · Cave

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Mysteries Department. (2026). LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis [Artifact ART0CZNMW2W2H3Z]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CZNMW2W2H3Z

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  year      = {2026},
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