Comments on: Hobbits Walk Was Distinctive http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flores-walk/ for Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and More Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:23:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sschaper http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flores-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-42168 sschaper Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:06:29 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flores-walk/#comment-42168 Umm, the Australopithicines had completely ape-like feet. Perhaps the author was confusing them with whomever made the Laetoli footprints. Is cretinism or microcephaly different than parathyroid dwarfism? Other very short pygmy remains have been found in other Indonesian islands, and basically there is nothing about the Floresian hobbits to definitely suggest a different species, rather than traits present in modern humans. I think what we have here is the quest for prizes, and ideological battles. Umm, the Australopithicines had completely ape-like feet. Perhaps the author was confusing them with whomever made the Laetoli footprints.

Is cretinism or microcephaly different than parathyroid dwarfism?

Other very short pygmy remains have been found in other Indonesian islands, and basically there is nothing about the Floresian hobbits to definitely suggest a different species, rather than traits present in modern humans. I think what we have here is the quest for prizes, and ideological battles.

]]> By: red_pill_junkie http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flores-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-42167 red_pill_junkie Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:08:28 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flores-walk/#comment-42167 One could conclude that such an hominid would compensate its lack of mobility with a keen talent for concealment and camouflage. One could conclude that such an hominid would compensate its lack of mobility with a keen talent for concealment and camouflage.

]]> By: shumway10973 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flores-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-42166 shumway10973 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:07:21 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flores-walk/#comment-42166 Most people I know who are "dwarfish" or a "midget" walk a little funny. Usually the legs (or something right around there) is out of proportion. May be the reason they aren't here right now (that we know of). Most people I know who are “dwarfish” or a “midget” walk a little funny. Usually the legs (or something right around there) is out of proportion. May be the reason they aren’t here right now (that we know of).

]]> By: Dan Gannon http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flores-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-42165 Dan Gannon Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:42:21 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flores-walk/#comment-42165 The Flores Islanders' legends/accounts of the "Ebu Gogo," which may be the same creature as Homo floresiensis, include the detail that they walked with a somewhat awkward gait. The Flores Islanders’ legends/accounts of the “Ebu Gogo,” which may be the same creature as Homo floresiensis, include the detail that they walked with a somewhat awkward gait.

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