Brown (2012) compared skeletal and dental morphology in H. floresiensis with the clinical and osteological indicators of cretinism, and the traits that have been argued as representing ME cretinism in LB1 and LB6.
Brown je 2012. usporedio morfologiju kostura i zuba H. floresiensisa s kliničkim i osteološkim pokazateljima kretenizma i osobinama koje se asociralo s ME kretenizmom kod LB1 i LB6.