Quoting Sally Caves <scaves@...>:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Johansson" <andjo@...>
>
> > I've not read the SciAm article, but it seems to be generally thought that
> > floresiensis was an erectus offshoot, not a sapiens one.
> >
> > Andreas
>
> IIRC, the Scientific American article supports the idea that Floresiensis is
> from Sapiens, and shows dwarfism. It exhibits the skull features. Its main
> point is that island species tend to exhibit either gigantism or dwarfism
> for purposes of survival and they give examples with the dwarf elephant and
> the giant rat. I'm not saying I believe it (back to doubt, again!) but this
> was the thrust of the essay.
What issue is it? I should be able to check it out in the uni library tomorrow.
Andreas