An update on Homo floresiensis, a.k.a. the "Hobbit" Part 7

Part 7 of 7 of a talk given on the 13/02/2007 by Colin Groves, Professor of Biological Anthropology at the ANU Canberra.

The talk was organized by the Canberra Skeptics and was about the Homo floresiensis remains found on the island of Flores, Indonesia.

Many apologies for the video and audio quality here, this was my first attempt at recording a lecture. Due to YouTubes low resolution, much of the screen text will be lost but Colin does read most of it for us.

Also apologies to the people who asked some very interesting questions after both my tape and battery ran out.

More information Colin Grove's work can be found here: http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/
& here: http://arts.anu.edu.au/AandA/people/staff/groves.asp

The Canberra Skeptics can be found here: http://finch.customer.netspace.net.au/skeptics/

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[littlelaurabear]

Thanks for uploading these videos. They really helped me to get my head around the Homo floresiensis debate. Before Grove's lecture I found Jacob et al's 2006 article to actually be quite convincing. however I found these videos really comprehensive and persuasive. Needless to say, Grove and his colleagues have managed to sway my opinion!

Thanks again,

Laura J Brown

3rd year Biological Anthropology Student

University of Kent, Canterbury

United Kingdom