Ancient elves were once tall

Analysis of the scientists pointed out that the ancient elves in Flores, Indonesia, were shrunk in size due to the "island effect".

The ancient people in Flores were gradually reduced due to the island effect

RT yesterday reported, in the first general analysis of Homo floresiensis , nicknamed " tiny " , the researchers identified this population of people evolving from the taller Homo erectus from Europe. ASIAN. However, the size of Homo floresiensis shrinks due to the "island effect" , which occurs when a population evolves in a narrow environment.

The team led by Yousuke Kaifu, associate professor at the Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan, compared tiny teeth with teeth of 490 Homo sapiens and other extinct ancient species. .

The figure of an ancient miniature figure on Flores Island, Indonesia.(Photo: encun).

Analysis shows that tiny teeth have half-primitive and half-modern characteristics. In addition, the researchers found that people today can carry small amounts of tiny genes.

"The first modern people could have mated with Asian Homo erectus on a small scale. It is possible that they meet modern people who have spread from Africa to Australia 50,000 years ago," Yousuke said.

However, the teeth are not similar to human teeth, denying the previous hypothesis that tiny people are modern deformed. They are also not suitable for modern human teeth.

Instead, tiny teeth and skulls are similar to Homo erectus, the earliest ancestor of modern humans, from Java Island, Indonesia.

Homo erectus , also known as Javanese , is as tall as modern people. This led the researchers to believe that the elves experienced strong dwarfism , with the body shrinking from 1.65m to 1.1m. Their brains also lost weight from 820g to 390g.

Tiny elves extinct about 13,000 years ago. Their skeleton was found on Flores Island, Indonesia in 2003.