Research article summary (published 23 Apr 2008):

Paleoanthropology: When hobbits (slowly) walked the earth.

Full Abstract

At the recent American Association of Physical Anthropology meetings, a researcher described the foot bones of an 18,000-year-old Indonesian skeleton known as the "hobbit." The tiny hominin would not have walked like we do, he said, and may offer "a window into a primitive bipedal foot."

Author information

Author/s: Culotta, Elizabeth (E);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Historical Article; News

Journal: Science (New York, N.Y.) (Science), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Apr; vol 320 (issue 5875) : pp 433-5

Dates: Created 2008/04/25; Completed 2008/05/07; Revised 2008/06/06;

PMID: 18436747, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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Comments and Corrections

ErratumIn: Science.2008 Jun 6;320(5881): 1291.

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Animals Foot Bones - anatomy & histology Fossils Gait History, Ancient Hominidae - anatomy & histology; classification; physiology

Hominidae - anatomy & histology; classification; physiology Humans Indonesia Paleodontology Paleontology Skull - anatomy & histology

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