Pygmies of Flores
November 11, 2023
Flora is therefore a woman in her thirties with a very small skull: an endocranial volume smaller than that of the Australopithecus Lucy (380 cm3 compared to 420 cm3 ) , the size of a grapefruit; a nasal septum reinforced by a bony structure (as in Australopithecus ) ; a thick cranial vault bone, as in other representatives of the genus Homo , but reinforced towards the rear (a unique characteristic); a strong curvature of the occipital bone…
