March 17, 2008: Researchers at The George Washington University present new evidence to support the theory that the fossil species Homo floresiensis, known as the "Hobbit," represents a unique human lineage that diverged from our own, possibly as long ago as 1.7 million years ago, and strikes another blow against the idea that human evolution occurred in a linear progression. The research appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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