Alien From Earth

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An ancient legend on the Indonesian island of Flores tells of an elf-like creature similar to the fictional hobbit of novels and film. But a controversial 2003 archeological find not only suggests that there could be some truth behind the legend but promises to rewrite a key chapter in the human evolutionary story. NOVA would like to test how much you know about this.

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Large mammals like hippos and elephants that get washed out to sea in storms and arrive on distant islands tend to ______ over many generations.
- shrink in size
- enlarge in size
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Scientists say a possible new human species dubbed the "hobbit," found in 2003, used fire, made stone tools, and hunted big game, even though its brain was about ____ the size of a modern human's:
- one-third
- two-thirds

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Alien From Earth

Large mammals like hippos and elephants that get washed out to sea in storms and arrive on distant islands tend to ______ over many generations.

Scientists say a possible new human species dubbed the "hobbit," found in 2003, used fire, made stone tools, and hunted big game, even though its brain was about ____ the size of a modern human's:

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