New Hobbit Human found

[Goliath]

I haven't posted in a while but felt that this was worth coming back for....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3948165.stm

[Goliath]

[sargebaldy]

Man, this is so terribly timeline. National Geographic even had a major article on this early in the year, which was pretty interesting if you can find a copy.

You can find the original thread about this here.

[The Flange Peddler]

Yeah, that BBC article is dated October 27th, 2004.

Though incidently this follow-up is only a few hours old.

[Quast]

Goliath said:

I haven't posted in a while but felt that this was worth coming back for....

No, it really isn't.

[Janderson]

Hobbit? I believe the polite term is deformed midget.

[Quasar]

Why can't we have Stegodons now? Think of anything more cool than owning a pony-sized elephant and I'll give you a lollipop.

[Ichor]

I'd rather have an esquilax.

[Guardian]

Janderson said:

Hobbit? I believe the polite term is deformed midget.

I hope you're being sarcastic. :-P

[sargebaldy]

Quasar said:

Why can't we have Stegodons now? Think of anything more cool than owning a pony-sized elephant and I'll give you a lollipop.

haha, yeah. I saw those in an article too, best animal ever. Flores actually had those, too. I can just imagine these little guys riding around on one hunting stuff. That would make a cute photograph.

[Janderson]

Guardian said:

I hope you're being sarcastic. :-P

Never! Unless you are a def... I mean vertically challenged.... I... I mean Dwarf...uh :(

Yea, just kidding, but I think a carnivorous whale-sized shark would be fairly cool.

/Dreams of Jaws, <sigh>

[Sharessa]

sargebaldy said:

haha, yeah. I saw those in an article too, best animal ever. Flores actually had those, too. I can just imagine these little guys riding around on one hunting stuff. That would make a cute photograph.

I actualy think shovel-tuskers are cooler. (Maybe they're the same thing, I dunno.)

[SyntherAugustus]

Wednesday, 27 October, 2004, 22:15 GMT 23:15 UK

ubertimeline indeeeeeeeeeed.

[sargebaldy]

Danarchy said:

I actualy think shovel-tuskers are cooler. (Maybe they're the same thing, I dunno.)

No, that's Platybelodons and Amebelodons, although yeah, they're pretty interesting too.

[Guardian]

Janderson said:

Never! Unless you are a def... I mean vertically challenged.... I... I mean Dwarf...uh :(

If that CSI episode has any merit, the "official" PC terms are dwarf and/or little person/people.

[AirRaid]

Fuck that. If I was a midget I'd hate to be called a "little poerson".

[Guardian]

AirRaid said:

Fuck that. If I was a midget I'd hate to be called a "little person".

Note that I said two supposedly PC terms. ;)