One of the most surprising aspects of the recent discovery of H. floresiensis, a species of tiny people who lived, gathered, and hunted on the Indonesian island of Flores from about 95,000
B.P. until at least 13,000
B.P., is the specimens' very large skulls, yet they lack behaviors associated with anatomically modern humans.

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The statement is false. The surprising aspect of the discovery of H. floresiensis is not their large skulls, but rather their small stature (averaging about 3.5 feet tall) and lack of behaviors associated with anatomically modern humans despite having a brain size similar to that of Australopithecus.

One of the Most Surprising Aspects of the Recent Discovery