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Early stone technology on Flores and its implications for Homo floresiensis

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  • Adam Brumm

    (Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University)

  • Fachroel Aziz

    (Geological Research and Development Centre)

  • Gert D. van den Bergh

    (Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History)

  • Michael J. Morwood

    (School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of New England)

  • Mark W. Moore

    (School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of New England)

  • Iwan Kurniawan

    (Geological Research and Development Centre)

  • Douglas R. Hobbs

    (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong)

  • Richard Fullagar

    (University of Sydney)

Abstract

Tools of the trade The brain of Homo floresiensis, the small hominids popularly known as ‘hobbits’, was so small that the species' capacity for stone tool manufacture has been questioned. Instead, it is argued that modern humans made the stone tools found in association with H. floresiensis in Liang Bua cave, in western Flores, Indonesia. Now a new study of 840,000-year-old stone artefacts from Mata Menge in central Flores points to an immigration of toolmakers to the region long before Homo sapiens existed. These tools are similar to the much more recent artefacts found at Liang Bua, suggesting continuity, and probable tool-making abilities for H. floresiensis.

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  • Adam Brumm & Fachroel Aziz & Gert D. van den Bergh & Michael J. Morwood & Mark W. Moore & Iwan Kurniawan & Douglas R. Hobbs & Richard Fullagar, 2006. "Early stone technology on Flores and its implications for Homo floresiensis," Nature, Nature, vol. 441(7093), pages 624-628, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:441:y:2006:i:7093:d:10.1038_nature04618
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04618
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