This skull (cast) is part of a fairly complete unfossilised skeleton of Homo floresiensis known as LB1. It is the type specimen of the species and dates to between 100,000 and 60,000 years old. The other skeletal remains of LB1 include leg bones, parts of the pelvis, hands and feet, and some other fragments.

LB1 is a fairly complete skeleton, including a nearly complete skull, which belonged to a 30-year-old woman, and has been nicknamed "Little Lady of Flores" or "Flo". [1][11] An arm bone provisionally assigned to H. floresiensis, specimen LB3, is about 74,000 years old.

2022年7月1日 · The skeleton’s unique traits such as its small body and brain size led scientists to assign the skeleton to a new species, Homo floresiensis, named after the island on which it was discovered. Since the initial find, bones and teeth representing as many as 12 H. floresiensis individuals have been recovered at Liang Bua—the only site where H ...

The skull shape and small teeth of Homo floresiensis would be consistent with it being a diminutive relative of Homo erectus. But its foot, hand and jaw traits look more primitive, suggesting a different ancestor.

The skeleton is the holotype of the species Homo floresiensis. LB 1 representing Homo habilis. Photo: Ryan Somma (CC-BY) The LB1 skull is remarkable in several ways. Its small size makes it the smallest fossil representative of the genus Homo yet known.

2024年8月6日 · After comparing brain dimensions deduced from internal casts of the skulls of healthy humans and those with microcephalia, to the estimated dimensions of the brain of H. floresiensis,...

2017年6月5日 · Matching their small bodies, the only skull that has been found - belonging to the LB1 specimen - shows a brain size of around 426 cm3 (compared with roughly 1300 cm3 for Homo sapiens today).

The Homo floresiensis skull (Flores Skull LB1) was discovered by P. Brown and his team on the island of Flores, Indonesia, in 2003 and reported in Nature in 2004.

2024年12月27日 · An initial analysis of the remains indicated that H. floresiensis stood only some 100 cm (40 inches) tall and had long arms and a skull with a cranial capacity of a mere 380 cc, comparable to that of a modern chimpanzee, yet the delicate skeletal bones, nonprojecting face, and reduced dentition placed them squarely within the human family.

Her fossils consist of an almost-complete skull and partial skeleton that include her legs, hands, feet, part of her pelvis, and other fragments. LB-1 is the most complete H. floresiensis fossil found to date.