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Charles Oxnard1, Peter J Obendorf, Ben J Kefford
1School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, and Forensic Science Centre, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. charles.oxnard@uwa.edu.au
Abstract:
Brown (2012: LB1 and LB6 Homo floresiensis are not modern human (Homo sapiens) cretins, Journal of Human Evolution) makes errors of fact, omission and interpretation. Brown's comments refer, among others, to (1) delayed growth and development indicated by unfused epiphyses, (2) postcranial limb proportions: limbs to trunk, between limbs, and within limbs, (3) postcranial bone torsions and angles, (4) postcranial robusticity, real and apparent, (5) skull features, and (6) cretinism on Flores. In each of these areas, much information about cretins is incorrect and much information (Oxnard et al., 2010) comparing the Liang Bua remains with cretins is ignored.
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