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Liang Bua
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * 'Hobbits' on Flores, Indonesia
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is written by an affiliate of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The article's content is relevant to Liang Bua and is written neutrally. However, some of the claims are not cited within the article and are listed at the bottom. It may be difficult to match which article they used to back their claim. All of the sources listed at the bottom have been published and peer reviewed, which makes these citations reliable to use for this project. This article contains more information and ideas than are presented in the current wikipedia page. This article will be helpful to fill in the gaps of the history of Liang Bua and the archeologist's present findings there.
 * Link
 * https://humanorigins.si.edu/research/asian-research-projects/hobbits-flores-indonesia
 * Sources
 * Brown, P., Maeda, T., 2009. Liang Bua Homo floresiensis mandibles and mandibular teeth: a contribution to the comparative morphology of a new hominin species. Journal of Human Evolution 57 571–596.
 * Brown, P., Sutikna, T., Morwood, M.J., Soejono, R.P., Jatmiko, Saptomo, E.W., Rokus Awe Due, 2004. A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia. Nature 431, 1055–1061.
 * Morwood, M.J., Brown, P., Sutikna, T., Jatmiko, Saptomo, E.W., Westaway, K.E., Roberts, R.G., Rokus Awe Due, Maeda, T., Wasisto, S., Djubiantono, T., 2005. Further evidence for small-bodied hominins from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia. Nature 437, 1012–1017.
 * Morwood, M.J., O’Sullivan, P., Aziz, F., Raza, A., 1998. Fission track age of stone tools and fossils on the east Indonesian island of Flores. Nature 392, 173–176.
 * Morwood, M.J., Soejono, R.P., Roberts, R.G., Sutikna, T., Turney, C.S.M.,Westaway, K.E., Rink, W.J., Zhao, J.-x., van den Bergh, G.D., Rokus Awe Due, Hobbs, D.R., Moore, M.W., Bird, M.I., Fifield, L.K., 2004. Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia. Nature 431, 1087–1091. Morwood, M.J., Sutikna, T., Saptomo, E.W., Jatmiko, Hobbs, D.R., Westaway, K.E., 2009. Preface: research at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia. Journal of Human Evolution 57, 437–449.
 * van den Bergh, G.D., Mubroto, B., Sondaar, P.Y., de Vos, J., 1996. Did Homo erectus reach the island of Flores? Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin (Chiang Mai Papers) 14, 27–36.
 * Morwood, M.J., O’Sullivan, P., Aziz, F., Raza, A., 1998. Fission track age of stone tools and fossils on the east Indonesian island of Flores. Nature 392, 173–176.
 * Morwood, M.J., Soejono, R.P., Roberts, R.G., Sutikna, T., Turney, C.S.M.,Westaway, K.E., Rink, W.J., Zhao, J.-x., van den Bergh, G.D., Rokus Awe Due, Hobbs, D.R., Moore, M.W., Bird, M.I., Fifield, L.K., 2004. Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia. Nature 431, 1087–1091. Morwood, M.J., Sutikna, T., Saptomo, E.W., Jatmiko, Hobbs, D.R., Westaway, K.E., 2009. Preface: research at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia. Journal of Human Evolution 57, 437–449.
 * van den Bergh, G.D., Mubroto, B., Sondaar, P.Y., de Vos, J., 1996. Did Homo erectus reach the island of Flores? Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin (Chiang Mai Papers) 14, 27–36.

Option 2

 * A new small-bodied homin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the possible findings in Liang Bua. This article is written somewhat neutral as the author is showing their findings, but is using their findings to hypothesize the behavior of Homo fluoresiensis. Each claim in this article has a citation and the citations are reliable since they have been published and have already been peer reviewed.
 * Sources
 * Morwood, M. J. et al. Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia. Nature doi:10.1038/nature02956 431, 1087–1091 (2004)
 * Wood, B. A. Koobi Fora Research Project, Vol. 4: Hominid Cranial Remains (Clarendon, Oxford, 1991)
 * Baba, H. et al. Homo erectus calvarium from the Pleistocene of Java. Science 299, 1384–1388 (2003)
 * Link
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/nature02999
 * Link
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/nature02999
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/nature02999

Option 3

 * Liang Bua Homo floresiensis mandibles and mandibular teeth: a contribution to the comparative morphology of a new hominin species
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to findings in Liang Bua. This article is written neutral as the authors have stated both sides of the argument if the findings in Liang Bua are a part of Homo fluoresiensis or Australomelanesians. This article brings in a lot of fossil evidence of each claim and brings in very valuble informaiton. Each claim does have a citation and the citations are reliable.
 * Link
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248409000876?via%3Dihub
 * Sources
 * Abbott, S.A., 1984. A comparative study of tooth root morphology in the great apes, modern man and early hominids. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of London.
 * Anderson, 2007
 * J.Y. Anderson Homo floresiensis cranial and mandibular morphology  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 132 (S44) (2007), pp. 63-64
 * Balter, 2004
 * M. Balter Skeptic to take possession of the Flores hominid bones  Science, 306 (2004), p. 1450
 * Anderson, 2007
 * J.Y. Anderson Homo floresiensis cranial and mandibular morphology  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 132 (S44) (2007), pp. 63-64
 * Balter, 2004
 * M. Balter Skeptic to take possession of the Flores hominid bones  Science, 306 (2004), p. 1450

Option 4

 * Article title
 * 'Hobbit' human story gets a twist, thanks to thousands of rat bones
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article bring a different aspect to Liang Bua as it talks about how the discovery and abundance of rodents have led to possible explanations of Homo floresiensis and its discovery. This article does bring in a lot of different archaeologist and researchers, however there is no sources for this article and it may be hard to track just using the researcher's name. This article may be good to use to bring in a different and fun perspective, but may not be helpful to use.
 * Link
 * https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/hobbit-humans-story-gets-twist-from-thousands-of-rat-bones
 * Sources
 * Names of researchers mentioned in this article:
 * Matthew Tocheri (https://www.lakeheadu.ca/users/T/mtocheri)
 * Wahyu Saptomo (https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Wahyu-Saptomo-2057187153)
 * Sources
 * Names of researchers mentioned in this article:
 * Matthew Tocheri (https://www.lakeheadu.ca/users/T/mtocheri)
 * Wahyu Saptomo (https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Wahyu-Saptomo-2057187153)

Option 5

 * The Hunt for the Ancient 'Hobbit's' Modern Relatives
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article talks about the possibility of current modern relatives of the ancient 'Hobbits' (the findings inside the Liang Bua cave). This is very interesting study and article to read because it gives us more insight about the hunt for the DNA of those in the Liang Bua and how it connects to the Homo timeline. This article is written neutrally and the sources are credible. The sources have already been published and peer reviewed.
 * Sources
 * https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1188021
 * https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aar8486
 * https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1188021
 * https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aar8486