COLUMBUS,
Ohio —Defenders of a small humanlike
species that lived on an Indonesian island more than 12,000 years ago have
launched their latest scientific counterattacks against critics of their
position. Remains of Homo floresiensis,
also referred to as hobbits, display no signs of growth disorders proposed by
researchers who regard the fossils as those of modern humans, says Dean Falk of
Florida State University in Tallahassee.
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