[UNCLASSIFIED] Flores Birds & Hobbit talk

Have you ever seen a Russet-capped Tesia or a , White-rumped Kingfisher? These are endemic to the island of Flores. For more info on the birds of Flores see this interesting trip report. http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/tripreports/Flores99.html

 

Speaking of Flores.... this is the Island where 'the Hobbit’ was found, one of the most exciting finds in the study of human evolution. I invite you all to a talk about 'The Hobbit', it is on Thursday (see below- I don’t think Colin will know about the birds of Flores, though).  

Benj Whitworth 

 

The Hobbit from the Isle of Flowers

Professor Colin Groves

Talk- 8pm Thursday April 6^th- details below

 

The announcement of a tiny Late Pleistocene human species on Flores, in Indonesia, caused an immediate sensation.  There were also expressions of disbelief from some commentators, even a few scientists who should have known better.  The question is not whether there was a dwarf species of human or not, but what its affinities might be.  In this talk, Colin will briefly describe the remains of Homo floresiensis and discuss its evolutionary status.

 

All welcome

 

Meet at 8pm on Thursday April 6th: ANU Division of Botany and Zoology, Gould Building (Building 116), between Daley Rd and Linnaeus Way, Australian National University. (Map of ANU - http://campusmap.anu.edu.au/displaymap.asp?grid=ef54).

 

Field Naturalists Association of Canberra.

 

 

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