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Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis
Yousuke Kaifu, Iwan Kurniawan, Soichiro Mizushima et al., 2024. Nature Communications 15: 6381.
An adult humerus fragment (SOA-MM9) and two teeth from Mata Menge, about 700,000 years old. The humerus is estimated 9-16% shorter and thinner than LB1's, smaller than any other Plio-Pleistocene adult hominin humerus; one tooth resembles early Javanese H. erectus. Concludes the lineage most likely evolved from early Asian H. erectus and was already tiny by 700 ka.
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Kaifu, Y., Kurniawan, I., Mizushima, S., Sawada, J., Lague, M., Setiawan, R., Sutisna, I., & Wibowo, U. P. (2024). Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis. Nature Communications 15: 6381. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50649-7
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author = {Kaifu, Yousuke and Kurniawan, Iwan and Mizushima, Soichiro and Sawada, Junmei and Lague, Michael and Setiawan, Ruly and Sutisna, Indra and Wibowo, Unggul P.},
title = {Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis},
journal = {Nature Communications 15: 6381},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-024-50649-7},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50649-7}
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Kaifu, Yousuke et al.. “Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis.” Nature Communications 15: 6381 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50649-7.