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Title: The Mystery of Paleontology's "Hobbit"
Added: Dec 28, 2011
Author: ForaTv
Duration: 4:14
Description:
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/06/A_Debate_Who_Was_the_HobbitIan Tattersall, paleoanthropologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History, describes the discovery of fossil LB1 (nicknamed the "hobbit"), and the mystery surrounding the nearly complete skeleton.-----Leakey Lecture - A Debate: Who was the Hobbit?Dr. Robert MartinField Museum of Natural HistoryDr. Ian TattersallAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryFound on an obscure island, the tiny, small-brained, big-footed, "Homo florensiencsis," or "the hobbit," is unlike any other discovery. Where did this being come from, and who are its ancestors? In this light-hearted debate, two eminent biological anthropologists, attempt to lift a corner of the veil obscuring one of paleoanthropology's most intriguing mysteries. This program is jointly sponsored by the Leakey Foundation and the California Academy of Sciences.Ian Tattersall is currently Curator in the Department of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Born in England and raised in East Africa, he has carried out fieldwork in countries as diverse as Madagascar, Vietnam, Surinam, Yemen, and Mauritius.Trained in archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge, and in geology and vertebrate paleontology at Yale, Tattersall has concentrated his research over the past quarter-century in two main areas, in both of which he is an acknowledged leader: the analysis of the human fossil record, and the study of the ecology and systematics of the lemurs of Madagascar.
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Youtube Comments: 32
wutdaFU3K Says:
Dec 28, 2011 - looks like evolution found another hole. tsk tsk
AgApE010 Says:
Dec 28, 2011 - Yeah, isn't there 3 b's in "Hobbbit"? :P
AgApE010 Says:
Dec 28, 2011 - So the hobbit lived just 18,000 years ago? Did I hear right?
ForaTv Says:
Dec 28, 2011 - Fixed it, thanks.
AidanTAKFW Says:
Dec 28, 2011 - this puts the survival of the halfling race well into the fifth age!
AidanTAKFW Says:
Dec 28, 2011 - looks like creationism just found another strawman. tsk tsk
ogrish84 Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - How can I order a Hobbit online?
MGoose66 Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - Idiot.
MGoose66 Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - Search "Homo floresiensis" for more / newer info...
THEREALghostlaced Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - Maybe it was just a dwarf? Whats the big mystery.
Mikej1592 Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - yes........ yes it is
Mikej1592 Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - I find it fascinating, and also amusing that they used a full sized nude women to show size, and thought nothing of it, isn't science great.
wutdaFU3K Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - looks like the internet just found another troll victim. lol lol
bevismark Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - cut this guys arms off and he would be speechless !!!
watercup123456 Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - The speakers make numerous errors in the discussion concerning comparative ape morphology, lengths of human vs chimp vs the "hobbit's" bones, and so on.For instance, about 51 minutes into the lecture he comments that the foot of the hobbit is "too long" for the leg, saying how it was "weird"; if you measure your own foot and leg bones, this is not strange at all, my foot is 2/3's as long as my lower leg, it's not weird!; the "hobbit" is well within proportion of a normal person, just smaller!
Peter5930 Says:
Dec 30, 2011 - The first hobbit skeleton discovered, LB1, was dated to 18,000 years ago, but 7 other skeletons were subsequently discovered, the youngest of which was dated to 13,000 years ago and the oldest of which was dated to 38,000 years ago. For comparison, the youngest Neanderthal remains are 30,000 years old.
TheLonelyImmortal Says:
Dec 31, 2011 - Why are humans and hominids always portrayed as white people? Africans are black because sun exposure forces them to be, but if a paleontologist constructs a hominid living in Africa, it's a white hominid.
efex2007 Says:
Dec 31, 2011 - according to the pseudo-scientific programs that history channel has been showing lately, the explanation for the disappearance of primitive humans is that they interbred with aliens to become the modern humans. . . ha ha
stengevarsel Says:
Dec 31, 2011 - @Mikej1592Not so fascinating or amusing for people outside the US or the middle east. An illustrative display like this is so ordinary most people wouldn't think twice about it.
01101100d Says:
Jan 3, 2012 - Maybe because the early hominids still had a lot of hair. The thing is that apes in hot countries don't have black skin, they're white because it's the hair that's responsible for protecting the skin. Only on the bare exposed areas such as the face do you see a different tone.
CPMSTV Says:
Jan 3, 2012 - We love us some good paleontology!
TheLonelyImmortal Says:
Jan 5, 2012 - Interesting. Thanks.
beltedDEEP Says:
Jan 31, 2012 - My neighbor is a hobbit.
pmolter Says:
Feb 6, 2012 - Mathematically the fossil record is about 1.5 miles(~8000 ft) thick over 4.3billion years old so that is probably around 1/50 of an inch of sediment per 1000 years. Can anyone explain why I am getting these numbers?
remixnick Says:
Dec 28, 2011 - amazing