Amateur shots of Stony Brook, Long Island, and surrounding communities
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Oh boy, the Hobbit is coming
She's the little one on the left. On April 21st we'll have a chance to see a cast of the skeleton of this ancient human called the Flores Hobbit at a symposium at Stony Brook University. Here's an account of the original find in 2003.And here's the Wiki article on Homo floresiensis.
Besides the wonderment of the tiny skull, as one who has had to work very hard with preventative maintainence to keep all my teeth, I have a major case of envy over the larger skull's beautiful teeth!
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Besides the wonderment of the tiny skull, as one who has had to work very hard with preventative maintainence to keep all my teeth, I have a major case of envy over the larger skull's beautiful teeth!
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