Insular Dwarfism Part 2: The 3-Foot Humans 🌋#science #evolution

追加: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Insular dwarfism part two, island evolution didn't just shrink animals, it also shrunk humans. Meet Homo floresiensis.

[00:00:07]Homo Homo floresiensis Homo Meet Homo floresiensis. Deep inside Indonesia's cave, archaeologists uncovered at least nine individual hobbits who lived 50,000 years ago.

[00:00:23]Fully grown, they just stood 3 ft tall and the brains the size of grapefruit.

[00:00:28]They also had exceptionally large feet for their relatively shorter legs, which is why scientists nicknamed them hobbits. Yet, charcoal layers in the cave proved they controlled fire and crafted advanced stone tools and successfully hunted those cat-sized elephants from part one. Follow for more.