Timex's Journal: Indonesian Hobbit was one of us

Reports surfaced on Slashdot last October about a Hobbit-like species that may have existed in Indonesia as recently as 12,000 years ago. There is a report that now states that a theory held by a minority of scentists, that it was a modern human who had microcephaly, a congenital disorder that stunts brain growth, is gaining ground. From the article: "The study suggests that while dwarfing sometimes occurs among mammals confined to small islands, it does so in proportions that do not fit the hobbit."