The recent discovery of a hobbit-like hominid on the indonesian island of flores was startling in some respects—its rather modern existence, for one—but it represents a classic case of darwinian evolution. for reasons that are not entirely clear, when animals make their way to isolated islands, they tend to evolve relatively quickly toward an outsized or pint-sized version of their mainland counterpart. following this evolutionary script, the flores woman, presumably a downsized version of homo erectus , appears to have shared her island home with dwarf elephants and giant rats. perhaps the most famous example of

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• who: design08 from the (UNIVERSITY) have published the article: The recent discovery of a Hobbit-like hominid on the Indonesian island of Flores was startling in some respectsu2014its rather modern existence, for oneu2014but it represents a classic case of Darwinian evolution. For reasons that are not entirely clear, when animals make their way to isolated islands, they tend to evolve relatively quickly toward an outsized or pint-sized version of their mainland counterpart. Following this evolutionary script, the Flores woman, presumably a downsized version of Homo erectus , appears to have shared her island home with dwarf elephants . . .
  

   

  

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