Ancient Bones of Small Humans Discovered In Palau

seattle-pk writes to let us know about the discovery in the Pacific island nation of Palau of thousands of human bones, some quite diminutive. The find is likely to rekindle the debate about how to classify the remains found on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003. "Some of the bones are ancient and indicate inhabitants of particularly small size, scientists announced today. The remains are between 900 and 2,900 years old and align with Homo sapiens, according to a paper on the discovery. However, the older bones are tiny and exhibit several traits considered primitive, or archaic, for the human lineage."

Remnants

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

From the third age...

Badly needed tag

[Anonymous Coward]

Where's the tricksyhobbitses tag when you need it?

The luck o' the Irish!

[sm62704]

Glory be, Leprechans found in the South Pacific just before Saint Patrick's Day! I wonder if they found any whiskey bottles or Guiness there as well? And pots of gold?

I'd link me latest wee journal (Sane Patty's Day) if the bloomin' mods wouldn't mod me offtopic. Oi'll drink to yer health tonight! Cheers!

-mcgrew

alpha build..

[rucs_hack]

Silly everyone.

These are just the pre-alpha build humans that god made while he was in the preliminary human creation development cycle. Height wasn't increased until Homo-Sapiens RC-1.

I mean really, if you're going to go poring over dev code, you've got to expect some pretty weird stuff.

Re:So...

[Drooling Iguana]

Of course. They were created along with the mountain and the trees.

Re:The luck o' the Irish!

[garett_spencley]

They're not Leprechauns, idiot.

They're trolls.

Duh.

Re:Not new

[ScentCone]

Look up the Bog people

They a e the Bo g. esistance is futile.

(there was a serious "R" shortage back then)

Re:how small?

[lucabrasi999]

How small, you ask? Why are we soooo focused on size? Size doesn't matter. Ask my wife.......oh wait..........uh....strike that.

Re:Not new

[Dr Caleb]

"(there was a serious "R" shortage back then)"

Ahh, the time before Pirates.

Perhaps...

[Roger W Moore]

...although I also hear that they found an ancient road apparently made from unusual yellow bricks as well as a strangely built ruins of a wooden tomb which only seems to contain the upper half of a female skeleton.

one word...

[Anonymous Coward]

ewoks

Re:Not new

[fitten]

Or right after... as the pirates had used up the supply and it took some time to get more.

Re:Not new

[residieu]

Must have been really hot back then

So...

[Dancindan84]

The smaller, older bones represent people who were 3 to 4 feet (94 to 120 centimeters) tall and weighed between 70 and 90 pounds (32 and 41 kilograms), according to the paper.

They found a grade 5 classroom?

It's just proof that

[RealErmine]

It worked! The Debigulator worked!

Re:So...

[Anonymous Coward]

"any random Homo skull dug up is more likely than not part of a lineage similar to ours,"

If they're homos, they don't have any descendents.

Re:Not new

[Dr. Cody]

"Pilates"?

Re:Perhaps...

[Whiteox]

Something deep in the recesses of my mind strikes a chord here...
I vaguely remember a story that a Roman ship was lost and some Roman remains found on a pacific island somewhere.
Mind you, it could have been a movie I saw once.
Anyway, if hey do find that wooden hut with remains of a female half buried under it, would someone please check if she's got any shoes on?

And why is there a strong similarity of Tibetan/Nepalese head-dress with Islander head-dress?
What's happening?? Why is the room spinning???

PS Being a Libertarian in a repressive society gives me a sense of freedom, but that's all.

Re:im an atheist

[ColdWetDog]

Know this, I shall smash your skull like a clam on my tummy!

You're an otter? How do you keep your PC from shorting out in all that water?