Scientists Reconstruct Face of Primitive Human Ancestor

[Gahars]

While moviegoers experienced the first third of Bilbo Baggins' Unexpected Journey, scientists have been working with a hobbit of their own. Called Homo floresiensis, and nicknamed "hobbits", the remains of this primitive ancestor to man was first discovered on an Indonesian island back in 2003. Now, researchers believe they have an approximation as to what one of these "hobbits" may have looked like.

In her new study, Dr Hayes has used so-called facial approximation techniques to show how Homo floresiensis might have once looked.

...“The face looked more modern than he expected,” Dr Darren Curnoe of the University of New South Wales, a human evolution specialist who was not involved in the reconstruction project, said in the interview with the Conversation. “The bones are really quite primitive looking and look a bit like pre-humans that lived two or three million years ago but this new construction looks, to me, surprisingly modern.”

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Sorry to disappoint, Tolkien-fiends, but this hobbit is less Martin Freeman and more young-Danny DeVito (kind of, if you squint).

Spoiler

"lol, what a Homo"

Now, this is just an approximation, of course - but it's still worthwhile as an approximate glance back at our ancestry. As a modern human I may be a bit biased, but seeing that this evolutionary branch apparently split off from the ugly tree is doing wonders for my self-esteem.

Ha, take that, long extinct precursor!

 

[BORTZ]

"lol, what a Homo"

Oh god I'm 12

 

[MushGuy]

:Rofl2:

Oh god I'm 12

And what is this?

 

[The Catboy]

Now it's time we re-create the real hobbit from these remains

 

[Deleted member 194275]

according to google, it looks like a French guy:

 

[FluffyLunamoth]

As a modern human I may be a bit biased, but seeing that this evolutionary branch apparently split off from the ugly tree is doing wonders for my self-esteem.
!

But who knows, maybe in his time, he was a paragon of good looks. Maybe the best of the best!

 

[nando]

he is a little homo

why is he all gelled up?

 

[324atk]

Was anyone else reminded distinctly of the faces from Oblivion? I mean just look at that resemblance!

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[FAST6191]

All I can think is it looks like a sketch artist rendering (granted such things tend to cross a lot). Were I less lazy I would see what happens if I put the right hand side of the face more in line with the left (there seems to be a shift of a few pixels).

Anyway whoo science and all that. It does seem quite different to other monkeys and apes though my knowledge of all things simian leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[shakirmoledina]

Was anyone else reminded distinctly of the faces from Oblivion? I mean just look at that resemblance!

Spoiler

the right one's keanu reeves.

 

[Fishaman P]

Looks like my neighbor.

 

[Veho]

Is it really an ancestor, or an offshoot from the lineage? It's more of a cousin than an actual ancestor.

In any case, I will now imagine the dumpy little suckers riding tiny elephants into glorious battle against giant rats, and nobody can tell me otherwise.


FOR FRODOOOOOOOO!

 

[Magsor]

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[blahkamehameha]

I'd like to know what exactly the process is behind getting the facial approximation is and how accurate it is.