Goldenberg, Linda, 1941-

Little people and a lost world : an anthropological mystery / Linda Goldenberg. - Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, c2007. - 112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 23 cm. - Discovery! .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-109) and index.

The little people are discovered -- Puzzles and wonders -- Finding Flores -- The Ebu Gogo -- Creatures around the world -- Losing the bones -- The investigation -- Ponderables and maybe's -- Pygmies, more problems, and the closing of the cave -- Further evidence -- What is possible. The little people are discovered -- Puzzles and wonders -- Finding Flores -- The Ebu Gogo -- Little creatures around the world -- Losing the bones -- The investigation -- Encounters to ponder -- Pygmies, problems, and the closing of the cave -- Further evidence -- Epilogue: What is possible?

Archaeologists discovered a small humanlike skull on Flores Island during a 2003 dig. Was this an ancestor to us all or just a very small human being?

A Junior Library Guild selection.

ISBN: 0822559838 (reinforced) 9780822559832 (reinforced)

LCCN: 2005033431

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fossil hominids--Indonesia--Flores Island.
Pygmies--Indonesia--Flores Island.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Indonesia--Flores Island.
Human remains (Archaeology)--Indonesia--Flores Island.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Flores Island (Indonesia)--Antiquities.

LC Class. No.: GN730.32.I5 / A85 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 569.909598/6