"Hobbits" Not Good Runners; Proof of New Human Species?

Friday, May 8, 2009 - 16:21 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The tiny humans from the island of Flores had no arches in their feet, an important trait for runners, according to a new analysis that says the 18,000-year-old fossils represent a unique species.

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