The new study aimed to resolve the debate by defining the brain characteristics that distinguish" normal" modern humans from microcephalics. The authors then determined where the hobbit brain fits.

新的研究力图解决这个分歧，他们将详细说明矮人的脑部与小脑症患者之间的区别。

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But in 2004, researchers discovered that a dwarf species of human, dubbed "The Hobbit", was living on the Indonesian island of Flores until 12, 000 years ago - long after modern humans had colonised the region.

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