Posted AT 2:21 AM EDT on 28/10/04
Dwarf skeleton puzzles scientists
Scientists exploring a cathedral-sized cave on a remote Indonesian island have discovered a new species of miniature humans that lived 12,000 years ago, leading them to the tantalizing conclusion that other species of humans — dead or alive, big or small — could still be hiding on Earth.
"We anticipate further discoveries of highly endemic, hominin species in locations similarly affected by long-term genetic isolation . . .
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