Here's something interesting...
I don't know if I'll catch it and will welcome other opinions. "Horizon" on BBC2 9 pm tonight has a docu on the Indonesian mystery which led to, I think, two great threads here on HP.
I wonder. Are they going to poo-poo it all?
As a guess (and I hope I'm wrong) I do expect them to gloss over or even not mention that both Indonesians and English claim to have seen these beings, alive, in this generation i.e. that it's possibly about "now" and not just the past. That it's not just the convenient "archeology" but that people alive today say they have met them.
Venetian
RE: Human Hobbit
I didn't get the chance to watch it last night, but it has of course been taped. Will hopefully try and see it today, or sometime over the weekend.
Yes it does seem interesting though, From what my archaeology teacher was saying, the consensus seems to be split over whether it is actually new species, or just a deformity. His own view seems to be that of a new species, which if true will mean more re writing and re organising of the human family tree. Must dig out that article from New Scientist and refresh my memory on what they had to say. I would post the link here, but I only no longer subsrcibe to it, so can't access their archives anymore.
Didn't realise that these creatures are supposed to still be in existence though. Will be very interesting to see what Horizon have to say about that one.
June
RE: Human Hobbit
Hello David,
I missed the programme, but I do remember from the posts a while ago that people living today had actually met these 'hobbits.' Apparently, sightings are rare because these 'mini-humans' keep themselves to themselves.
Love,
Patsy.
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RE: Human Hobbit
Well, apparently we all missed it! ;)I did see about 10 mins in the middle. So I can't judge from that.
I didn't hear any mention in those 10 mins of present-day meetings, though these are clearly on record. I saw an attempt by sceptics to demonstrate that humans there are very small anyway at times - that it was a normal inhabitant with deformities. They pulled out a small man of the region to demonstrate. Then this sceptical view became totally scuppered as it was told that parts of many skeletons all the same, and not normal for humans,were discovered together. The chances of many having the deformities were "millions to one". So it was looking interesting but I had to go out.
The 20th-century accounts of bumping into these beings are still what really interests me... Some are just a few years back.
Venetian
RE: Human Hobbit
Hi David,
I was at mum's and she wanted to watch something else. Tch!
I read a story in today's Daily Mail that the present-day folks of Flores now claim that the skeletons are from their own people who have died of some strange virus. According to the report, it was the virus that was responsible for the short stature of the skeletons.
Will we ever get to the truth, I wonder?
Love,
Patsy.
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