Daily Field Notes #157

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Anthropology: Whither the Flores Hobbit of Indonesia? A new Study Hints at Evolutionary Pressures for Insular Dwarfism...even for people

Original post by Hive account@anzha

To say the Hobbits of Flores are a controversial topic in paleoanthropology is putting it mildly. They were announced in 2004 and dubbed a new species, Homo floresiensis. The fossils showed a people standing at 3 ft 6 inches (1.05 m) and had a very small brain. The suggestion was H. floresiensis was a form of Homo erectus that went through the process of island dwarfing...

History: NZ History - the William Bryan and the first settlers in New Plymouth

Original post by Hive account@ravenruis

The William Bryan, a barque, left the English port of Plymouth on the 19th of November, 1840, with about 148 passengers (70 of those being children). It was the first of six ships carrying (mainly sponsored) settlers to a new planned settlement organised by the Plymouth Company (its parent being the New Zealand Company). It arrived in New Zealand's Port Underwood (Marlborough) on the 20th of March, 1841, and anchored there for a week before sailing out again on the 28th and heading for their new home in the newly-minted settlement of New Plymouth (the trip took two days). The passengers, all feeling a little overwhelmed with not only the long journey but the new challenges - including lack of the facilities they were promised - which they suddenly realised they were facing, were disembarked at Moturoa Beach.

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