This island’s Mata Menge archaeological site shows that a population on it that resembles Homo luzonensis existed approximately 700,000 years ago. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this island where fossils of an archaic human species were discovered at Liang Bua (“LEE-ang BOO-ah”) caves and named “Hobbit” for its small size.
ANSWER: Flores [or Nusa Nipa; accept Homo floresiensis or Flores Man]
[10e] Homo floresiensis may have descended from members of this hominid species who underwent island dwarfism. Java Man is an example of this descendant of Homo habilis, the first human species to leave Africa.
ANSWER: Homo erectus erectus
[10h] The Liang Bua caves provide partial evidence that Homo floresiensis hunted members of this extinct genus related to elephants. These widespread animals with long tusks also experienced island dwarfism on Flores.
ANSWER: Stegodon
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