Re: 'Hobbit' human 'is a new species'



On Jan 30, 4:08 am, "Paul Crowley"
<slkwuoiutiuytciu...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6311619.stm

Report of paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dean Falk, of Florida State University, and her colleagues say the remains are
those of a completely separate human species: Homo floresiensis.

But why do people say stupid things like:
". . . became small in stature to cope with the limited supply
of food on the island. . . . "

Have they never heard of Malthus? Food is ALWAYS
in short supply EVERYWHERE.

It's a basic law of nature.

"Island Dwarfism" as well as the converse is a standard topic of
evolutionary development. Look it up. It's been part of the Flores
debate since the beginning.

John Roth

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