Homo Floresiensis: The Real Life 'Hobbit' | Prehistoric Humans Documentary
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It's strange to think about
It's strange to think about the variation in species within our very own genus, Homo. Sure, neanderthals, denisovans and Homo erectus are all very different to us, but we often think of ourselves as being very similar. It is very human to think of ourselves above the laws of nature, above the natural processes of evolution, but today, we're going to be discussing an species that will perfectly broadcast evolution's impact on our genus. On one island, in one country, surrounded by ocean, a species related to us was endemic. Isolated on the island of Flores, in what is now part of the South East Asian nation of Indonesia, lived a species of human rather drastically different to most of the others.
This was Homo floresiensis, the 'man of Flores', or 'Flores man'. Isolated on the island, away from other genuses of human, evolution was free to run wild on this species, and, as a result, this was the smallest of all human species - standing at just marginally over one metre in height, Homo floresiensis has been lovingly dubbed 'the real life hobbit', after the J.R.R. Tolkein book of the same name. This small species of human was quite unlike anything else in the human fossil record - with perhaps the exception of Homo luzonensis, whose evolution tells a similar story on the island of Luzon in the Philippines - and today we will be dissecting what we know about Homo floresiensis. We will travel back in time to the Indonesian island of Flores to discover what this strange being looked like, how it lived, how it evolved, and, ultimately, how it became extinct. It is a case quite unlike any other, as we witness firsthand the processes of evolution in action, and how it affected some of our early cousins. Join us, as we take a journey through the life of Homo floresiensis; or, the 'real life hobbit'.
0:00 Introduction
2:53 What exactly was Homo floresiensis?
8:22 Medical controversy
11:48 Evolution
16:42 Lifestyle and Society
20:20 Paleoenvironment
28:27 Extinction
31:18 Homo floresiensis in folklore
36:54 Outro
Music by CO.AG: @co.agmusic
Thank you for watching.
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This was Homo floresiensis, the 'man of Flores', or 'Flores man'. Isolated on the island, away from other genuses of human, evolution was free to run wild on this species, and, as a result, this was the smallest of all human species - standing at just marginally over one metre in height, Homo floresiensis has been lovingly dubbed 'the real life hobbit', after the J.R.R. Tolkein book of the same name. This small species of human was quite unlike anything else in the human fossil record - with perhaps the exception of Homo luzonensis, whose evolution tells a similar story on the island of Luzon in the Philippines - and today we will be dissecting what we know about Homo floresiensis. We will travel back in time to the Indonesian island of Flores to discover what this strange being looked like, how it lived, how it evolved, and, ultimately, how it became extinct. It is a case quite unlike any other, as we witness firsthand the processes of evolution in action, and how it affected some of our early cousins. Join us, as we take a journey through the life of Homo floresiensis; or, the 'real life hobbit'.
0:00 Introduction
2:53 What exactly was Homo floresiensis?
8:22 Medical controversy
11:48 Evolution
16:42 Lifestyle and Society
20:20 Paleoenvironment
28:27 Extinction
31:18 Homo floresiensis in folklore
36:54 Outro
Music by CO.AG: @co.agmusic
Thank you for watching.
DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are, or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, PLEASE email us before putting in a claim and we can resolve the issue immediately. We can be reach on this email: [email protected]
Copyright © 2023 Top5s All rights reserved.
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