Hobbit travels to the land of the rising sun

Friday, April 30th, 2010 Posted in Indonesia, Museums | No Comments »

An exhibition on the Flores hominid is on show at Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science. UOW hobbit makes it big in Japan Illawara Mercury, 27 April 2010 Read more..

The Hobbit debate rages on

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 Posted in Indonesia | No Comments »

Debate about the hobbit continues at the recent American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting. Hobbit debate goes out on some limbs Science News, 19 April 2010 Read more..

Indonesian ‘hobbit’ challenges evolutionary theory

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 Posted in Indonesia | No Comments »

An update on the hobbit debate; Mike Morwood's team is now expanding the search for the hobbit in the surrounding regions. photo credit: Rosino Indonesian 'hobbit' challenges evolutionary theory AP, via Jakarta ... Read more..

Hobbits went Out of Africa a million years earlier?

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Observer's Science Editor has an update on the latest developments in Hobbit research - and how they might have been the first species out of Africa than the homo ... Read more..

Explaining the hobbit’s small brain

Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in Indonesia | No Comments »

A new paper published in BMC Biology may possibly reconcile the small size of the Hobbit's brain with tool use - one of the arguments against the hobbit being a ... Read more..

Is it official now? Hobbits as a new species.

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Indonesia | No Comments »

I got the press release last week but I was out in the field and unable to look through the material, but most of the major science news sites have ... Read more..

Hobbit researcher wins science gong

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 Posted in Archaeologists | No Comments »

Congratulations to Dr. Kira Westaway for winning one of the Science Gongs for her research with the homo floresiensis. photo credit: Ryan Somma Hobbit researchers win science gong Sydney Morning Herald, 29 ... Read more..



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