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Why are the peoples living on neighboring islands so different from each other? What strategies did the ancients use to adapt to island life? How do Asian Pithecanthropus differ from their European and African counterparts? And why are island people biologically and culturally “inferior” to mainlanders? Renowned anthropologist Stanislav Drobyshevsky talks about science and humanity. 00:00 “Drobyshevsky. Homo sapiens” 01:00 News from the world of science 06:05 How did isolation on the islands change human ancestors? 08:46 About the inhabitants of Socotra 11:57 How did Pithecanthropus get to Java? 17:24 About the people of Ngandong 19:16 About the hobbits of Flores Island 26:40 How did modern islanders develop? 32:45 About the Philippine Pygmies 37:03 About the Andaman Aborigines 45:22 Why are island people biologically and culturally “inferior” to those who live on the mainland? 47:00 “The Earth is also an island” RTVI News — all the main events in 24/7 format: / myrtvi Read and watch the news on the RTVI website: http://www.rtvi.com Also, watch all the most important and interesting things on our telegram channel: https://t.me/rtvimain And subscribe to RTVI on other social networks: Facebook: / myrtvi VKontakte: http://vk.com/rtvi Twitter: / rtvi Instagram: / rtvichannel Odnoklassniki: https://ok.ru/rtvi