# LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis

> 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.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/artifacts/ART0CZNMW2W2H3Z/lb1-type-specimen-of-homo-floresiensis  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
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**ART** 0CZNMW2W2H3Z·Artifact · object

# LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis

PhotographCC BY-SA 3.0 frFound 2003; about 100,000-60,000 years old

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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

## Copies 5

**Photo** Brown, Sutikna, Morwood and others · doi.org · 2004 · publisherPrimary source: [A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZNM6KC00PP/a-new-small-bodied-hominin-from-the-late-pleistocene-of)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02999)

**Photograph** Rama · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.0 fr1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_Florensiensis-MGL_95216-P5030051-white.jpg)

**Photograph** Cicero Moraes · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_floresiensis_-_facial_approximation_-_color_1.jpg)

**Model** Smithsonian Human Origins Program (from a cast) · 3d.si.edu · CC0-1.0Primary source: [Homo floresiensis: cranium (LB1 cast), Smithsonian 3D](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZNMBQE0ZJE/homo-floresiensis-cranium-lb1-cast-smithsonian-3d)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/homo-floresiensis-cranium:425a517b-8308-4ac9-8f3b-08f74e4ff9e5)

**Photograph** Cicero Moraes · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_floresiensis_-_facial_approximation_-_color_2.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Liang Bua, Manggarai, Flores](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZNMCPP34BN/liang-bua-manggarai-flores) · Cave

## Sources 2

- [A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZNM6KC00PP/a-new-small-bodied-hominin-from-the-late-pleistocene-of)_SRC_
- [Revised stratigraphy and chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZNM730024W/revised-stratigraphy-and-chronology-for-homo-floresiensis-at)_SRC_

## Cite it

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

**ART** 0CZNMW2W2H3Z

Kind

Object

Held by

National Research Centre of Archaeology (Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi Nasional), Jakarta

Dated

found 2003; about 100,000-60,000 years old

Licence

CC BY-SA 3.0 fr

Place

[Liang Bua, Manggarai, Flores](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZNMCPP34BN/liang-bua-manggarai-flores)

Part of

[Homo floresiensis, the origin of the Flores "hobbits"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis)

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