It’s amazing to think that at one time, there were at least four species of human on this Earth at once- us, Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo Floresiensis.

Also, please don’t make me sad with a ‘humerus’ pun. The world is already depressing.

Edit: Also, this is essentially true, but silly-

There’s no indication that any species that came before modern humans had developed boating technology

Yes, because they would almost certainly be made out of something that would have biodegraded by now unless archaeologists make an extremely lucky find. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t have built, at the very least, simple rafts. They were already advanced tool users.

We know now that Homo Heidelbergensis, or a similar species, was already constructing with wood over 400,000 years ago.

https://apnews.com/article/early-humans-oldest-structure-zambia-wood-de6350a2c9704477a2df4e0a5ba8d311

There are some amazingly small people in Indonesia. I saw a woman driving a sit down scooter a couple days ago in east Java who was standing up because she’s too short to sit down and reach the handles. My sister is also from Java and is 4’9". I’m 6’3" and we like to tell people that we are twins. Haha

This was a fascinating read! Hobbit Islands!

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