8:00 am

REGISTRATION

9:30 am

WELCOME
Richard Leakey, Stony Brook University

9:35 am

OVERVIEW
William Jungers, Stony Brook University

9:40 am

Introduction of Speakers

Fred Grine, Stony Brook University

9:45 am

"Hobbits in context: life, times and death of Homo floresiensis"

Michael J. Morwood, University of Wollongong, Australia

10:15 am

"Digging up Hobbits: The Excavations at Liang Bua"

Thomas Sutikna, National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology, Indonesia

10:45 am

COFFEE BREAK

11:15 am

"Stone Tools and Hominins on Flores"

Mark Moore, University of New England, Australia

11:45 am

"Whence Homo floresiensis? Clues from the brain."

Dean Falk, Florida State University

12:15 pm

"Her Teeth Were Sharp, Her Gums Were Raw, and Spit Was Dripping From Her Jaw: The Little Things That Make Us Human"

Peter Brown, University of New England, Australia

12:45-2:15pm

LUNCH

2:15 pm

"Why the Tiny Wrist Bones of a Hobbit Tell Us So Much About a Big Chapter in Human Evolutionary Theory"

Matthew Tocheri, Smithsonian Institution

2:45 pm

"The Hobbit Shrugged: The Shoulder of Homo floresiensis and its Implications For Human Evolution."

Susan Larson, Stony Brook University

3:15 pm

COFFEE BREAK

3:45 pm

"Can Island Dwarfing Explain Hobbit Body Size and Shape?"

William Jungers, Stony Brook University

4:15 pm

"Virtual Hobbits and Health in Homo floresiensis"

Charles Hildebolt, Washington University in St. Louis

4:45 pm

Remarks

Shirley Strum Kenny, Stony Brook University

4:50 pm

Issues for Discussion

Richard Leakey, Stony Brook University

5- 5:30 pm

GENERAL Q & A

5:30 pm

END OF SYMPOSIUM