Question

Which of the following statements about the ‘Hobbits’ of Flores is FALSE?

Answer 1

Answer:

d. CT scans of the fossilized skulls of Hobbits suggest they were probably microcephalic modern Homo sapiens.

Explanation:

The work of Falk et al in 2007 compared the CT of microcephalic humans skulls and normal humans skulls, finding the variables that allow them to classified with 100% success. When compared with the skulls of the ‘Hobbits’ of Flores, the size is similar to the microcephalic skulls in humans but the shape features sort it with normal humans skulls. They concluded that the ‘Hobbits’ of Flores are a separate species.