Well, just what is the "Flores Hobbit" anyway? Is the dwarf hominid simply a microcephalic human? Is it a really short Homo erectus? Is it something else entirely? Carl Zimmer listened in on a press conference last week and got some answers. In short (as it were): no, definitely not microcephalic, possibly Homo erectus, and, most tantalizing of all, yes, possibly something else entirely.

It's also very good to hear the fossils are not going to get squirreled away by some politically motivated scientist, but are instead being actively studied by the anthropology community.

Via Silflay.