'Homo floresiensis' and the African Oldowan

Title
'Homo floresiensis' and the African Oldowan
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Moore, Mark
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4768-5329
Email: mmoore2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mmoore2
Brumm, Adam
Editor
Editor(s): Erella Hovers and David R Braun
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer
Place of publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Edition
1
Series
Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series
UNE publication id
une:5962
Abstract
The small-bodied hominin 'Homo floresiensis' was recently identified at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia. Some researchers have argued that 'H. floresiensis' represents pathological individuals from a behaviorally modern 'Homo sapiens' population, arguing in part that the stone-tools found in association are too "advanced" to have been manufactured by a nonmodern hominin. Here we show that the Pleistocene stone-tools from Flores, including Liang Bua, are technologically and morphologically similar to the 1.2–1.9 Mya Oldowan/Developed Oldowan tools from Olduvai Gorge in Africa. The Pleistocene lithic technology on Flores was therefore within the capabilities of small-brained, nonmodern hominins.
Link
Citation
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Oldowan, p. 61-69
ISBN
9781402090608
9781402090592
1402090595
Start page
61
End page
69

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