FACE TO FACE ITH THE HOBBIT

摘要

The fossil of a totally unexpected tiny species of human was found in an Indonesian cavein 2003. AGS-sponsored scientist Susan Hayes looks at what we now know about the discovery and explains her work to reconstruct the facial features of these ancient people.Every skull has a quirk that doesn't quite fit the pattern. And every human skullwas once a living person — someone with particular likes and dislikes, who had family and friends, who ate, who slept and who dreamed. Each and every skull is the only one of its kind, and all skulls demand respect for the lives they once lived. That being said, the skull of the 'Hobbit', Homojfbresiensis, took being unique to a whole a new level. From the moment she was excavated, this ancient and totally unexpected new species of human turned what we knew about human evolution on its head.