Object Details
- Discovered by
- Wahyu Saptomo, Benjamin Tarus, Thomas Sutikna, Rokus Due Awe, Michael Morwood, and Raden Soejono
- Is this an original object?
- No
- Age
- 80,000 years old
- Summary
- This adult female, who died around the age of 30, was only a little over 1 m (3.5 ft) tall. Her brain, estimated at 400 cubic centimeters, was as small as those of chimpanzees and the smallest australopithecines. She had fairly large brow ridges, and her teeth were large relative to the rest of the skull. Her fossils consist of an almost-complete skull and partial skeleton that include her legs, hands, feet, part of her pelvis, and other fragments. LB-1 is the most complete H. floresiensis fossil found to date.
- Date of discovery
- 2003
- Original Object Identifier
- LB1
- Original Object Holding Institution
- National Research Centre of Archaeology (Indonesia)
- Location of Discovery
- Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia
- Site
- Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia
- Species
- Homo floresiensis
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Record ID
- dpo_3d_200060
