Tag Archives: Homo floresiensis

The littlest Homo

Posted on June 9, 2021 by twilightbeasts

The field of human evolution is fascinating. New finds are changing our knowledge each year as more and more incredible discoveries are made. The 21st century has really opened our eyes to how wonderful and diverse our ancient relatives were. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australopitecus, Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus, Cretan Dwarf Mammoth, Ebu Gogo, Flores, Giant Rat, Giant Stork, Giant vulture, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, Indonesia, Island Dwarfism, Island Rule, Komodo dragon, Liang Bua Cave, Lucy, Neanderthal | 1 Comment

Island hopping hippos

Posted on January 19, 2018 by twilightbeasts

My mum passed away suddenly at the beginning of January. It was a huge shock. It still is a huge shock. It still doesn’t seem real that I will never see her again. Life is so fragile. I wish there … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Choeropsis liberiensis, Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus, Cretan Dwarf Mammoth, European Hippopotamus, Giant Maltese Dormouse, Hippo, Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus Creutzurgi, Hippopotamus laloumerna, Hippopotamus lemerlei, Hippopotamus madagascariensis, Hippopotamus melitensis, Hippopotamus minor, Hippotamus Polka, Homo floresiensis, Mammoth, Pygmy Hippopotamus, Sardinian Dwarf Mammoth, Taweret | 10 Comments

On the origins of our species

Posted on July 13, 2016 by twilightbeasts

As families go ours is pretty amazing. You have ancient cousins who effortlessly chomped through the toughest of roots and hardest of seeds. Another relative was the first of our family to make it all the way to China around … Continue reading →

Posted in Denisovan, Homo sapiens, Neanderthal | Tagged Anatomically Modern Humans, Australopithecus africanus, Back to Africa, Candelabra, Charles Darwin, Denisova, Ernst Haeckel, Eugène Dubois, Herto Skulls, Hominidae, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Jan Freedman, Java Man, Lucy van Dorp, Multiregional origin, Neanderthal, Omo fossils, Origin of Species, Out of Africa, Paranthropus boisei, Qafzeh hominins, Raymond Dart, Recent African Origin, Richard Leakey, Skhul hominins, The Decent of Man | 9 Comments

Big find in little China

Posted on October 31, 2015 by twilightbeasts

Charles Darwin wrote 502 pages outlining his groundbreaking theory of evolution by natural selection. In it he provides incredible evidence of natural selection he gathered over 20 years, using many different species of animals, from humans breeding dogs to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Homo sapiens | Tagged Anatomically Modern Humans, Charles Darwin, China, Crocuta ultima, hominin, Homo errectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, Jan Freedman, Neanderthal, Omo River, Stegodon orientalis, The Descent of Man | 6 Comments

Of dwarfs and dragons

Posted on July 21, 2014 by twilightbeasts

Stegodons were just one branch of the rather diverse probiscidean family tree (the family that includes elephants, mastodons, gomphotheres and mammoths). The stegodons, like the mammoths and elephants, are generally thought to have arisen in Africa, and ended up in Asia, … Continue reading →

Posted in Stegodon | Tagged Elephant, Elephantidae, Elephas celebensis, Flores, Gomphothere, Homo floresiensis, Komodo dragon, Mammoth, Mastodon, Proboscidea, Stegodon, Stegodon aurorae, Stegodon florensis insularis, Stegodon sondaari, Stegodon trigoncephalus, Stegologphodon | 4 Comments

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