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Kate Wong on the Hobbit Trail

Mar 23, 2006 7:56 AMNov 5, 2019 4:51 AM

Kate Wong, Scientific American's excellent paleo reporter has a two-parter on the latest dish on Homo floresiensis a k a the Hobbit. No cymbal crashes, I'm afraid, but interesting nonetheless.

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