An update on Homo floresiensis, a.k.a. the "Hobbit" Part 5

Part 5 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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[camau79]

anyone ever hear of oranguapendeg its a sasquatch like creature that lives on the island of flores, the descritption given of a small hominid about 3 feet tall covered in orange blonde fur

now from the drescription given here about the hobbit aka homo florensis does anyone think that the hobbit and oranguapendeg are one and the same

ps

Sasquatch, Yeti, Yowie, Yeren, Almas, Ucamar and Oranguapendeg hominids still live

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[GnosticHumanist]

Great lecture!

Two problems though:

a) Volume needs to be much louder. I'm on max with headphones and still can scarcely hear him.

b) Why do people always cough just when a key word is being said!?! This must've been filmed during Canberra winter as so much bloody coughing!! >:(

[rephaim23]

But since Goliath always gets a bad wrap, the little guys steal the fame.

[rephaim23]

SKEPTICISM IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC TOOL AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE TOUGHT THAT IT IS"!!!!

I agree.

That also applies to those 7 to 11 foot tall giants, such as Homo Heidelbergensis, Meganthropus Paleo-Javanicus, and Gigantanthropus Castelnauensis.

[mrtruthify]

What a waist of time since they have FOUND MORE HOBBITS since this video! To quote a famous scientist "SKEPTICISM IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC TOOL AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE TOUGHT THAT IT IS"!!!!

[mrtruthify]

You "scientist" think that becouse you have dug up less than 1% of the earth you actually know what lies under its surface! How silly you are, to think you have constructed even a scap book, of the past.......

[FreakSh0w]

would be nice to have Dean Falk speaking!

[dancingnature]

wow