Hobbits Walked Out of Africa The Australian

A new analysis by Australian and Indonesian scientists indicates that Homo floresiensis, the tiny human-like creature discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2004 and nicknamed the Hobbit, is not a deformed modern human, as some critics have claimed, but the small-brained, long-armed biped may actually have been the first human-like creature to walk out of Africa. Previously researchers suspected that these Hobbits had descended from Homo erectus but had shrunk over time because of their confinement on an island.

News from Russia Cryptozoology Online

Following the annual Weird Weekend, Richard Freeman reveals the results of DNA testing from samples brought back during last year's Centre for Fortean Zoology almasty expedition to the Russian Caucasus. In addition, Freeman shares some new information from a Russian member of the expedition, Grigory Panchenko, concerning ongoing cryptozoological work in the former Soviet Union. Meanwhile, there's news from the Wild Weekend, including a mysterious photo, in Glen Vaudrey: Weird Weekends and Skunk Apes.