HUMANS FIND A LOST COUSIN.(MAIN)

Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) | October 28, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: SETH BORENSTEIN Knight Ridder

WASHINGTON -- A miniature, long-lost relative of modern humans has been discovered, shaking up science's view of how we evolved on Earth.

Scientists, who unearthed her after 18,000 years, nicknamed her ``Hobbit,'' after the characters who starred in ``Lord of the Rings.'' She stood 3 feet tall with a brain the size of a grapefruit. Yet she was smart enough to use tools, boats and probably language, and likely hunted pygmy elephants. She's being called a strange new species of human.

Scientists found Hobbit and ...

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