'Hobbit' fossils a new species, anthropologist says
Thursday, January 8, 2009 - 17:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An analysis of an 18,000-year-old fossil, described as the remains of a diminutive humanlike creature, proves that genuine cave-dwelling "hobbits" once flourished in Southeast Asia, according to a Long Island anthropologist who conducted X-ray studies of a skull.