{"id":1176,"date":"2012-11-09T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T20:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2012\/11\/a_newly_discovered_species_of\/"},"modified":"2012-11-09T09:42:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T20:42:16","slug":"a-newly-discovered-species-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2012\/11\/a-newly-discovered-species-of\/","title":{"rendered":"‘a newly discovered species of little people’"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the news first came out that Prof Mike Morwood & Thomas Sutikna were going to be giving a public lecture about Homo floresiensis, I was first excited & then seriously annoyed: yay! great topic, but rats! can’t get down to it.<\/p>\n

So I was absolutely delighted to see the following in this week’s Royal Society news alerts. I get to hear it after all \ud83d\ude42 (And many thanks to David Bibby!)<\/p>\n

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8. Virtual event: ‘A newly discovered species of Little People’, 1 December<\/span><\/h2>\n

Note<\/span><\/strong>: Thanks to Professor David Bibby, Dean of Science, Victoria University of Wellington, this event will now be live streamed: <\/span>https:\/\/new.<\/span><\/span>livestream.com\/i-filmscience\/<\/span><\/span>homofloresiensisDec2012<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Coinciding with the celebrations centred around the much anticipated World Premiere of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit<\/span><\/em> film, you are invited to attend a free public lecture on Homo floresiensis<\/span><\/em> – a new human species discovered in 2003 on the Indonesian Island of Flores.  This new species is commonly referred to as the “Hobbit<\/span><\/em>” – since it stood just over 1 m tall, had large feet and was capable of undertaking quite complex activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two of the principal archaeologists involved in this remarkable discovery — Professor Mike Morwood (University of Wollongong, Australia) and Thomas Sutikna (Pusat Arkeologi Nasional, Indonesia) — will talk about the Hobbit’s discovery as well as ongoing excavations that seek to better understand this new and unique species of human. <\/span><\/p>\n

This event is generously sponsored and supported by Victoria University of Wellington, Te Papa, Wellington City Council, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, and the NZ-Indonesian Friendship Council.<\/span><\/p>\n

Details: <\/span><\/strong>3 pm Saturday, 1 December, free public presentation & exhibition, Soundings Theatre, Te Papa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bookings are essential.<\/span><\/strong>  RSVP by emailing rsvp@vuw.ac.nz<\/span><\/a> with ‘Little People’ in the subject line or call 04 472 1000.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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