Alien from Earth
2009
DVD
Examines the discovery of strange and unknown miniature hominid fossil (Homo floresiensis) remains on the island of Flores, Indonesia. Looks at the scientific debate over whether these creatures, nicknamed "hobbits," are a type of dwarf race of humans, possibly suffering from a disease such as microcephaly, or an entirely new species.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781593758691
- 1593758693
Edition: Widescreen edition.
Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
Target Audience Note: Not Rated
Other Title:
- Title on container: Alien from Earth : the little people of Flores.
- Nova (Television program)
Notes:
- Originally broadcast on PBS on Nov. 11, 2008 as an episode of the television program Nova.
- Dolby digital; anamorphic widescreen format.
- Special feature: teacher's guide (PDF).
- Licensed for public performance.
- Narrator, Jay O. Sanders.
- DVD; region 1; NTSC.
- Closed-captioned. Optional audio-described soundtrack.
Contents:
- The "hobbit" appears
- What is this thing?
- Telling remains
- A lot like Lucy
- Out of Africa rewritten?
Publisher or Distributor Number: WG42909
Control Number: 681470
Publisher: [Burlington, Vt.] : WGBH Boston Video, [2009]Subjects:
- Fossil hominids -- Indonesia.
- Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- Indonesia.
- Indonesia -- Antiquities.
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