Comparison of Flores Man Skull and Human Skull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThere is quite a bit of controversy over these short human-like species.\u00a0 For instance are they actually a separate species than present day humans or are they just humans that had a medical condition causing their small stature.\u00a0 The arguments continue to go back and forth. I don’t believe we have decided that they are indeed a separate species but I like to think they are.\u00a0 Some strong points for that argument came about after observing the Flores Man bones and joints.\u00a0 It was discovered that their wrist bones were more similar to that of a chimpanzee while their shoulders, arm joints and lower limbs were more closely related to apes rather than humans. Put all of that together and it sounds like they just might be a separate species.<\/p>\n
Even more amazing than finding a miniature human is the fact that the Hobbits were alive up to 12000 years ago and were capable of using tools.\u00a0 It is amazing to think that humans would have interacted with this other species.\u00a0 It makes you wonder if they co-existed or were at odds with one another.\u00a0 We will probably never know what the interaction between the Hobbits and Humans was like but at least we have s0mething cool to ponder.\u00a0 I just hope we weren’t the cause of their extinction but you never know, right?<\/p>\n
Since today’s Wild Fact wasn’t really that bizarre I will be sure to end the week with an unique and fascinating animal.\u00a0 Have a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tonight I decided that there will definitely be more extinct animals on Wild Facts in the coming months.\u00a0 There are just way too many cool and interesting animals that roamed this earth for me to simply ignore.\u00a0 I am really having a tough time choosing only one extinct animal to write about each night.\u00a0 In an attempt to be different we are going to look at the Flores Man (Homo floresiensis) today.\u00a0 Trust me, there are a lot of bizarre animals out there but I thought it would be fun to write about one of our potential ancestors. You may <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1194,1195,1198,1196,4025,333,1197],"yoast_head":"\n
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