Stupendous paleontological find from the Indonesian island of Flores: a new human species, Homo floresiensis, that existed between 18 000 - 12 000 years ago and may have survived to modern times!

This tiny, 1 meter tall, species had a brain size of about 380 cubic centimeters, which is the lowest number for a hominid for something like the last three million years, but still used tools, may have hunted, and probably had the ability to speak.

This is certainly the biggest scientific discovery of the year!

Nature articles, BBC article.