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PBS

Pbs Teachers, Nova: Little People of Flores: Compare the Brains

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare and contrast the shape and size of a Homo floresiensis brain with the brain of a chimp and a modern human.
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BBC

Bbc News: Science and Nature: 'Hobbit' Joins Human Family Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at the newly found species called the 'hobbit' that lived 12,000 years ago on the Flores Island and that is said to be linked to humans.
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Talk Origins Archive

Talk Origins: Homo Floresiensis: The Hobbit

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the find in 2003 of fossils that are thought to be a dwarf human species. Please note that there are creationist responses listed as well as rebuttals.
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Nature Research

News @ Nature: Flores Man

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from News @ Nature provides the story of the remarkable discovery on the Island of Flores, Flores Man. See a great picture of the skull and read explanations and reflections from the leading palaeoanthropologists on the dig.
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BBC

Bbc: The Mystery of the Human Hobbit

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine finding a new type of human species! Scientists must explore this new finding: A new human, Homo floresiensis or not? Archived.
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Curated OER

Homo Floresiensis and a Modern Human Skull

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR article about the fascinating find in a cave in Indonesia -- fully formed bones of an adult who stood barely 3 feet tall and was alive during the time of Homo Sapiens.
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Curated OER

Actor Made Up to Look Like a Hobbit

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine finding a new type of human species! Scientists must explore this new finding: A new human, Homo floresiensis or not?
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Nmnh: What Does It Mean to Be Human, Hobbits on Flores, Indonesia

For Students 9th - 10th
Real hobbits? Another human species? Read about the discovery on the island of Flores that has the whole paleoanthropolgy world shaken. Site delves into the exciting unearthing of the skeletal remains and the continuing research on the...