Members of the Species Homo Floresiensis

Question

Members of the species Homo floresiensis
A) were very tall.
B) are still found on an island in Indonesia.
C) lived near Denisova, Russia.
D) became extinct around 13,000 years ago.
E) separated from chimpanzees more recently than humans.

Accepted Answer

Homo floresiensis is an extinct species of hominin that lived on the island of Flores, Indonesia, and became extinct around 13,000 years ago. They were not very tall, with an average height of 3.5 feet. They are not found anywhere today, and they did not live near Denisova, Russia. They separated from the human lineage over a million years ago, and from chimpanzees over six million years ago.