https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/19/the-flores-hominid-and-the-evo/ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:52:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/19/the-flores-hominid-and-the-evo/#comment-2029 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:52:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/19/the-flores-hominid-and-the-evo/#comment-2029 This is an interesting development and for a moment I thought my podcast Flores Girl at Podiobooks.com was wrong because I had the hobbits using spears. Fortunately, I had them thrusting their spears rather than throwing them so I’m safe so far. Frankly, I wish there were new specimens so we could learn more about these critters. Also, with this new shoulder analysis there goes the old “they were microcephalics” argument out the door but then again the advocates of that tired old story never listened to reason anyway.Erik John Bertel

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/19/the-flores-hominid-and-the-evo/#comment-2028 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:37:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/19/the-flores-hominid-and-the-evo/#comment-2028 No. Its arm would probably come flying out.Which could explain why there are few right arm bones than left arm bones at the Flores site.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/19/the-flores-hominid-and-the-evo/#comment-2027 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:00:22 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/19/the-flores-hominid-and-the-evo/#comment-2027 What does all this mean? Could The Hobbit hurl a wicked curveball or not?

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