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Tiny Early ‘Hobbit’ Human Was Smart, Skull Shows

by Pat Coate | March 06, 2005

Flores, Indonesia - Tiny pre-humans who lived on an Indonesian island until about 12,000 years ago had brains so surprisingly sophisticated that the creatures may represent a previously unknown early species of early humans, or hominids, scientists reported on Thursday.

"I thought we were going to see a little chimpanzee-like brain and I was wrong. Nothing like this has been seen before," she said.

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