# Roughly how far back in time could a modern human reproduce with the proto/humans...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 27, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-how-far-back-in-time-could-a-modern-human-reproduce-with-the-proto-humans/271516 "2004-10-27T18:56:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-how-far-back-in-time-could-a-modern-human-reproduce-with-the-proto-humans/271516/21 "2004-10-28T01:31:34Z")

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> [@John Mace](#):
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> I’d had heard rumors of this info before, but nothing this definitive.
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> [Here’s a better take on the same news story.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1894&e=1&u=/ap/20041027/ap_on_sc/dwarf_cavewoman)

That’s completely fascinating. So different and so recently. We barely missed them.

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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-how-far-back-in-time-could-a-modern-human-reproduce-with-the-proto-humans/271516/22 "2004-10-28T01:54:03Z")

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> [@Exapno Mapcase](#):
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> Even better one from [National Geographic](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1027_041027_homo_floresiensis.html), which will run a [special](http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/10-27-2004/0002313262&EDATE=) on it next year.
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> [Nature](http://www.nature.com/news/specials/flores/index.html) is putting up free links.

Great link. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-how-far-back-in-time-could-a-modern-human-reproduce-with-the-proto-humans/271516/23 "2004-10-28T04:39:20Z")

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It’s too bad the press up the “hobbit” angle. Some people are bound to believe it, and it will get in the way of intelligent discussion.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-how-far-back-in-time-could-a-modern-human-reproduce-with-the-proto-humans/271516/24 "2004-10-28T11:59:04Z")

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> [@John Mace](#):
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> It would be interesting if we could interbreed with [_Homo floresiensis_](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&e=1&u=/nm/20041027/sc_nm/science_hominid_dc).

Pervy hobbit fancier!

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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-how-far-back-in-time-could-a-modern-human-reproduce-with-the-proto-humans/271516/25 "2004-10-28T12:24:24Z")

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> [@John Mace](#):
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> It’s too bad the press up the “hobbit” angle. Some people are bound to believe it, and it will get in the way of intelligent discussion.

Yea. I would much prefer “Monkey Elves.”

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