# Brown 2004: A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia

> P. Brown, T. Sutikna, M. J. Morwood et al., 2004. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The species description.

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# A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia

P. Brown, T. Sutikna, M. J. Morwood et al., 2004. _Nature 431: 1055-1061_.

Names Homo floresiensis from LB1, a partial skeleton of an adult about a metre tall with a cranial capacity near 380 cc, found in 2003 in Liang Bua cave, and describes its mix of primitive and derived traits.

**Homo floresiensis, the origin of the Flores "hobbits"** ArticleCopy of **[LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/artifacts/ART0CZNMW2W2H3Z/lb1-type-specimen-of-homo-floresiensis)** doi: **[10.1038/nature02999](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02999)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The species description.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[H. floresiensis is a distinct hominin species.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/answers/ANS0CZNMNFY5DJ3/h-floresiensis-is-a-distinct-hominin-species)

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[LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/artifacts/ART0CZNMW2W2H3Z/lb1-type-specimen-of-homo-floresiensis)

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[LB1, type specimen of Homo floresiensis: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/copies/CPY0CZNMVV276ZA/lb1-type-specimen-of-homo-floresiensis-photo)

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[Homo floresiensis is named](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/events/EVT0CZNMGKP03BX/homo-floresiensis-is-named)

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[LB1 is excavated at Liang Bua](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/events/EVT0CZNMGBW1E18/lb1-is-excavated-at-liang-bua)

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[Peter Brown](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/people/FIG0CZNMDNY5AWV/peter-brown)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Brown, P., Sutikna, T., Morwood, M. J., Soejono, R. P., Jatmiko, Wayhu Saptomo, E., & Awe Due, R. (2004). A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia. Nature 431: 1055-1061. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02999
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02999)

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