Homo Floresiensis Kathy Hoang, Rebecca Dilella and Madeleine Yacoub Figure One: Skull - Science Photo Library Source: &pviewid=&country=10&search=cranium&matchtype=EXACT &pviewid=&country=10&search=cranium&matchtype=EXACT Fossil: Who Discovered It, How and what was found? Peter Brown Michael Moorwood Colleagues Scientist Lahr Scientist Foley Skull Arm bone Jaw pieces Other bonesovered the fossil and how they discover Figure 2: Mike Morwood, Thomas Sutikna and Bert Roberts Sorce:Figure 3: Mike Morwood with floresiensis skull Source:viewCategory&fatcat_id=89&module_title=newswatch Fossil: When where the fossils found? A cave in Flores, Indonesia found Figure 4: Lead excavator Benyamin Tarus recovers a Stegodon jaw from Liang Bua cave Source:image/Hobbits/G0000ZQ7jeC.BIVE/I00009wdBUXawv7k Fossil: New species or Microcephalic? Features indicate new species. Figure 5: H. floresiensis (left) compared to a human Microcephalic (right) Source: Physical: Bone Structure and Physical Appearance Figure 7: H. Floresiensis vs. H. Sapien source:Figure 6: H. Floresiensis head and skull Source:floresiensis-dna.html Extreamly small in stature small bodies small skulls some primative features Physical: Brain Function and Social Habbits Figure 8: H. Floresiensis and a freshly killed pygmie elephant (artist impression) Source:small skull means they had small brain however they used fire, tools and hunted in groups Physical: Any Other Specific Adaptations Arms designed for swinging but also capable of tool making although trapezoid would've complicated this Figurre 10: H. floresiensis skeleton source:4222_ntnews.html Figure 9: H. floresiensis vs. modern human trapezoid bone Source:bones-suggest-a-distinct-species.html Environmental: Inhabitence Lived on the Island of Flores in Indonesia approximately 13,000 to 95,000 years ago. Particularly inhabited the eastern coast and the Liang Bua Caves and region Figure 11:Liang Bua Cavesimage/Hobbits/G0000ZQ7jeC.BIVE/I0000wggVhIYZA_ghttp://djuna.photoshelter.com/gallery- image/Hobbits/G0000ZQ7jeC.BIVE/I0000wggVhIYZA_g Figure 12:Flores Islandimage/Hobbits/G0000ZQ7jeC.BIVE/I0000wggVhIYZA_ghttp://djuna.photoshelter.com/gallery- image/Hobbits/G0000ZQ7jeC.BIVE/I0000wggVhIYZA_g Environmental: Climate and Landscape Tropical and Humid Conditions Monsoon seasons- dry and wet Coastal breezes Coastal landscape which consisted of vast amounts of flora and mountainous off the coast Figure 11:Female Homo Floresiensis modelhttp://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-look- hobbits / Shared the Island and ate: Komo Dragons Large Island and prehistoric Rodents Goannas Pygmy and Stegodon Elephants Omnivore so ate local flora Om Environmental: Who else lived on the island and whad they eat? Believed to have interacted with Homo Sapien or modern man between 5,000-35,000 years ago. Figure 12: Homo Floresiensis Huntingh/aablog/2004/11.asp UseUs Environmental: Tools and Hunting Made stone tools similar to spears and rocks for hunting. Made fires for warmth and cooking kill. Hunted in groups due to them being small and unable to carry large kill. Figure 13: Stone Tools Environmental: How they got to Flores Unsure exactly but believed that could have swam, just ended up here or even created primitive rafts and ventured until they found stable land. Many theroies including: Microcephaly Insular/island dwarfing Laron Syndrome Endemic cretinism Island Dwarfing and Size Theories Figure 14: Microcephalic Source:/2008/05/22/crossing-the-line-freaks/ Figure 15: Laron Syndrome Source: Please see data sheet for references and image references under image. Bibliography