[MD] A Tiny Hominid With No Place on the Family Tree

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A Tiny Hominid With No Place on the Family Tree

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If the hobbit is a throwback to much earlier hominids, scientists 
said, reverse evolution would be the most far-fetched explanation. 
Dr. Jungers, a paleoanthropologist who organized the symposium, said 
there were no known examples of mammals becoming significantly 
reduced in size and anatomy as a consequence of reverting to an ancestral form.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/science/28hobbit.html?_r=1&8dpc





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