While not to most “science fiction-y” news, this story stood out to me if only because, according to Science News, this particular species of hominids (the human genus) existed at the same time as the alleged “hobbit” hominids who are said to have lived in Indonesia about 50,000 years ago. Scientists are still unsure of the origins and possible appearance of this species (if they even were a new species altogether), but it’s definitely interesting to see how scientists piece together the past based upon the fossils of this species alone, and how their speculations on this species comes about as they continue their research into the location and the fossils themselves.
Science Parable 