Skull cast of Homo floresiensis nicknamed Hobbit is a possible species in the genus Homo

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Skull cast of Homo floresiensis nicknamed Hobbit is a possible species in the genus Homo remarkable for its small body and brain and survival until relatively recent times It was named after the Indonesian island of Flores on which the remains were found One largely complete subfossil skeleton and a complete jawbone from a second individual dated at 18 000 years old were discovered in deposits in Liang Bua Cave on Flores in 2003

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Keywords: 2003, bua, cast, cave, flores, floresiensis, hobbit, homo, human, liang, paleontology, prehistoric, skeleton, skull