Dmanisi

From: Michael Clark (biteme_at_spammer.com)
Date: 03/26/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:46:33 -0600

And now for something completely different...

Just got my new Nat. Geo today with two articles
relevant to this group. One was the expected "Hobbit"
story and the other was the Dmanisi article complete with
the lovely reconstructions --including the old man.
Fantastic dates for the Dmanisi stuff, 1.75 to 1.80 mya
and an intriguing possibility about linkage. Someone made
the observation that the Hobbit stuff most closely resembled
the Dmanisi material --cranium pinched at temples as seen
from above and similar limb proportions. Any comment
about a possible connection?

Dmansisi:

http://www.dmanisi.org.ge/
http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/23833
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0208/feature1/
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature2/
http://www.caucaz.com/home_uk/breve_contenu.php?id=170
http://www.boneclones.com/BH-028.htm
http://www.tinyurl.com/4awgp
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_62992.htm
http://zinken.typepad.com/palaeo/2003/10/homo_dmanisi_ge.html
http://www.research-projects.unizh.ch/math/unit70200/area144/p2863.htm
http://www.archaeology.org/0001/newsbriefs/georgia.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/745080.stm

Flores:

http://www.nature.com/news/specials/flores/index.html
http://www.uow.edu.au/science/eesc/geoquest/hf/
http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/026745.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6588
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4127713
http://www.bioedonline.org/hot-topics/homo-floresiensis.cfm
http://www.ecotao.com/holism/hu_flor.html
http://www.primates.com/homo-floresiensis/nothob.html
http://www.cabalamat.org/weblog/art_311.html
http://monthlyreview.org/0305york.htm
http://tinyurl.com/4mveg 

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