Homo floresiensis - L'origine des légendes autour des elfes ?

Wikipedia - Homo floresiensis

Homo floresiensis ("Man of Flores", nicknamed Hobbit) is the name for a possible species in the genus Homo, remarkable for its small body, small brain, and survival until relatively recent times.

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Early doubts that the discoveries constitute a new species were voiced by the Indonesian anthropologist Teuku Jacob, who suggested that skull of LB1 was a microcephalic modern human, but support for species status appeared in March 2005, following publication of details of the brain of Flores Man in Science.^[4] Subsequently several researchers, including one scientist who worked on the initial study, have disputed the 2005 study, supporting the conclusion that the skull is microcephalic.^[5][6] The original discoverers have argued against these interpretations and maintain that H. floresiensis is a distinct species.^[3][7] To date, the only complete cranium is that of LB1, and additional skeletons may be required to resolve this debate.