The discovery, describe in the journal Nature last week, could alter our outlook on our own place in nature. It raises obvious questions about the diversity of the human family such as whether undiscovered humanlike species might survive today. Are we really the sole human caretakers of our planet? could the existence of Homo floresiensis bring back persistent rumors of undiscovered human-like species elsewhere, notably the orang pendek, or jungle yeti" of Malay folklore?