Summary: <p>Part two of our humans episode is about a couple of our more distant cousins, the Flores little people (Homo floresiensis) and Homo naledi, with side trips to think about Rumpelstiltskin, trolls, and the Ebu gogo.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-258" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/skullsizes.jpeg" alt="" width="275" height="183"></p> <p>Homo floresiensis skull compared to a human skull. We are bigheaded monsters in comparison. Also, we got chins.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-259" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/naledi-300x125.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="125"></p> <p>Homo naledi’s skull. I stole that picture from Wits University homepage because I really liked the quote and it turns out it’s too small really to read. Oh well.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-260" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/homo-naledi-highlights-from-the-paper-published-on-elife-21-638-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169"></p> <p>Some of our cousins. Homo erectus in the middle is our direct ancestor. So is Lucy, an Australopithecus, although she lived much longer ago.</p>
