La trascendencia de la memoria social: el caso del Hombre de Flores (Homo floresiensis)
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Homínidos, Isla de Flores, Indonesia, antropologíaResumen
Las comunidades indígenas de la Isla de Flores, Indonesia, han resguardado por siglos relatos sobre un homínido de estatura pequeña que consideran extinto o raro de ver. Estos relatos cobraron mayor relevancia al descubrirse en 2003 elementos óseos de una nueva especie humana en la Cueva Liang Bua, ubicada al oeste de Flores. La reconstrucción paleontológica de la nueva especie nombrada Homo floresiensis es semejante a la imagen indígena del homínido, lo que nos lleva a preguntarnos: ¿Por qué la descripción indígena coincide en buena medida con la paleontológica? ¿Acaso la memoria de los habitantes de Flores resistió el largo (o no tanto) paso del tiempo y resguarda recuerdos de cuando convivieron con H. floresiensis?
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