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‘Hobbit’ hominins scavenged meat left over by Komodo dragons


An experiment that involved feeding a dead goat to a Komodo dragon as well as an analysis of thousands of ancient bones suggests that Homo floresiensis was neither a skilled hunter of big game nor a master of fire

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