2004 in Science - Anthropology

Anthropology

  • October 27 - Remains of a previously unknown species of human is discovered in Indonesia. Named Homo floresiensis, the hominin is a dwarfed version that lived 18,000 years ago on the island of Flores.

Read more about this topic:  2004 In Science

Famous quotes containing the word anthropology:

    “I am not a literary man.... I am a man of science, and I am interested in that branch of Anthropology which deals with the history of human speech.”
    —J.A.H. (James Augustus Henry)

    “History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.”
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)