Tag: Indonesia
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Scientists Find Arm Bone of Ancient ‘Hobbit’ Human #fossils
The Mata Menge humerus fragment, left, shown to scale with the humerus of another Homo floresiensis specimen from Liang Bua.Credit…Yousuke Kaifu The New York Times has a new Carl Zimmer column about the “Hobbits” of Indonesia. New research into Homo floresiensis, a species of ancient humans sometimes referred to as “hobbits”, has uncovered toddler-size teeth…
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43,900-Year-Old Cave Painting Portrays Part-Human, Part-Animal Beings
SciNews has a story about a very old cave painting discovered in Indonesia. Archaeologist excavating the limestone cave of Leang Bulu’ Sipong 4 on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi discovered a painting that is about 43,900 years old. The painting depicts a group of ‘therianthropes’, abstract beings which combine qualities of people and animals, hunting…
