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Homo floresiensis (hobbit)
Taxonomy
Homo floresiensis was named by Brown et al. (2004). Its type specimen is LB1, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was synonymized subjectively with Homo sapiens by Henneberg and Thorne (2004), Weber et al. (2005), Martin et al. (2006), Richards (2006), Jacob et al. (2006), Martin et al. (2006), Oxnard et al. (2010), Vannucci et al. (2011).
It was synonymized subjectively with Homo sapiens by Henneberg and Thorne (2004), Weber et al. (2005), Martin et al. (2006), Richards (2006), Jacob et al. (2006), Martin et al. (2006), Oxnard et al. (2010), Vannucci et al. (2011).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Homo floresiensis Brown and Morwood p. 6 |
| 2004 | Homo floresiensis Brown et al. p. 1055 |
| 2005 | Homo floresiensis Falk et al. p. 236c |
| 2005 | Homo floresiensis Morwood et al. p. 1016 |
| 2006 | Homo floresiensis Brumm et al. p. 628 |
| 2006 | Homo floresiensis Falk et al. p. 999c |
| 2017 | Homo floresiensis Argue et al. |
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†Homo floresiensis Brown et al. 2004 [hobbit]
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Brown et al. 2004 | Small-bodied bipedal hominin with endocranial volume and stature (body height similar to, or smaller than, Australopithecus afarensis. Lacks masticatory adaptations present in Australopithecus and Paranthropus, with substantially reduced facial height and prognathism, smaller postcanine teeth, and posteriorly orientated infraorbital region. Cranial base flexed. Prominent maxillary canine jugaform prominent pillars, laterally separated from nasal aperture. Petrous pyramid smooth, tubular and with low relief, styloid process absent, and without vaginal crest. Superior cranial vault bone thicker than Australopithecus and similar to H. erectus and H. sapiens. Supraorbital torus arches over each orbit and does not form a flat bar as in Javan H. erectus. Mandibular P3 with relatively large occlusal surface area, with prominent protoconid and broad talonid, and either bifurcated roots or a mesiodistally compressed Tomes root. Mandibular P4 also with Tomes root. First and second molar teeth of similar size. Mandibular coronoid process higher than condyle, and the ramus has a posterior orientation. Mandibular symphysis without chin and with a posterior inclination of the symphysial axis. Posteriorly inclined alveolar planum with superior and inferior transverse tori. Ilium with marked lateral flare. Femur neck long relative to head diameter, the shaft circular and without pilaster, and there is a high bicondylar angle. Long axis of tibia curved and the midshaft has an oval cross-section. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | Homo floresiensis (68055 68056 68058 68063 68064 68066 68067 68068) |