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LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis: photo

ObjectpublisherFound 2003; about 100,000-60,000 years oldCopy of LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis
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The type description, with photographs of the skull and skeleton

Brown, Sutikna, Morwood and others, 2003. publisher

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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

Where it was made

MataramRabaMaumereEndeWaingapu1Liang Bua200 kmMataramKupangRabaMaumere1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis: photo [Copy CPY0CZNMVV276ZA]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0CZNMVV276ZA
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