An update on Homo floresiensis, a.k.a. the "Hobbit" Part 2

Part 2 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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[nextthought]

Much is said about recovery of very old dna and we seem to be a tipping point and maybe in the near future we could bring back one of these it would really remove debate about the characteristics.

The hobbit creature seems quite recent and villagers say they are still in memory...

Could it really be possible that we have recent contact with another intelligent spices?

[mddawson1]

@nextthought I wouldn't put much faith in what the villagers say as it is anecdotal evidence. If they had existed in more recent times you would expect to find more recent remains.

[blicksflicks]

@GnosticHumanist Just as God is all things perfect, so is His justice perfect, too. No one is going to receive anything they don't already deserve by His Holy law. Those who don't believe are condemned already, because they have not believed on Jesus, the Son of God. It's all grace. Unmerited favor before God. God has mercy on some, but he didn't have to have mercy on anyone, because we're all guilty before Him.

[blicksflicks]

@GnosticHumanist I think you're missing the point. We have all sinned against God. God is Holy. He is all things good. His honor is without measure. His wisdom infinite. His love and mercy are incomprehensibly perfect in every way. God is good. We are the ones who have sinned against Him. We are the clay. He is the potter. You are missing the point. You see, we are the ones who are wrong. He is right. His mercy hung on the cross at Calvary. He who believes on Jesus is not condemned.

[GnosticHumanist]

@blicksflicks

THANKYOU! You have just demonstrated perfectly why Christianity is a mental illness. Think about it: would an omnipotent graceful loving "God" send someone to be eternally tortured merely because they didn't worship him when there wasn't even any real proof of his existence anyway, like a jealous toddler?! There's only two possibilities: either Yahweh doesn't exist, or if he does, he is a psychopath sadist of unbelievable malevolence and evil.

[blicksflicks]

@GnosticHumanist Ummm, who wouldn't fear the wrath of a Holy God? Do you realize who you're talking about? A sovereign God of the universe who has the power to destroy body and soul. Some men fear other men for fear of being beat up, maimed, tortured or killed. But, men can only kill the body. God can eternally damn you to face His Holy and just wrath. Read the Bible and you'll see why I fear Yahweh.

[GnosticHumanist]

@blicksflicks

In other words you worship Yahweh out of FEAR. You have been spiritually blackmailed, just like all Christians and followers of Abrahamic religions.

[blankslate3]

@nextthought no

[nextthought]

@mddawson1 Your probably right but you never really know... If there is nothing to remake maybe instead it might make a good movie?