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New Human Species Found

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I just thought this was very interesting...13,000 years ago is when a lot of cave paintings were created in Spain and France.

Ancient, Tiny Humans Shed New Light on Evolution
In a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, scientists have unearthed the bones of a species of human never seen before. About three-feet-tall when fully grown, Homo floresiensis resembles some of our most primitive ancestors -- but lived as recently as 13,000 years ago. They made tools and hunted dwarf elephants, but were physically unlike modern pygmies.

Scientists say it's possible h. florensiensis mingled with modern humans; they were both in the region around Indonesia around the same time. The discovery suggests we shared the planet with other species of humanity until quite recently in evolutionary terms.
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:shock: elves and dwarves... thats all l got to say...
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now if we can only descover magic. I have been dieing for years to cast a good solid delayed blast fireball. <--- geek moment.
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