# Falk 2005: The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis

> Dean Falk, Charles Hildebolt, Kirk Smith et al., 2005. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first test of the microcephaly reading.

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# The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis

Dean Falk, Charles Hildebolt, Kirk Smith et al., 2005. _Science 308(5719): 242-245_.

A virtual endocast of LB1 compared with microcephalic humans, apes and fossil hominins; finds it unlike microcephaly.

**Homo floresiensis, the origin of the Flores "hobbits"** Articledoi: **[10.1126/science.1109727](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1109727)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The first test of the microcephaly reading.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[LB1's endocast does not match microcephalic humans.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/evidence/EVD0CZNMQEE5VXH/lb1s-endocast-does-not-match-microcephalic-humans)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Falk, D., Hildebolt, C., Smith, K., Morwood, M. J., Sutikna, T., Brown, P., Jatmiko, & Saptomo, E. W. (2005). The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis. Science 308(5719): 242-245. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1109727
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1109727)

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