They were not expecting to find a new species, and were surprised at the recovery of a nearly complete skeleton of a hominin they dubbed LB1 because it was unearthed inside the Liang Bua Cave.
Nisu očekivali da će otkriti novu vrstu i bili su iznenađeni pronalaskom gotovo sasvim potpunog kostura hominina, kojeg su označili šifrom LB1 jer je iskopan u pećini Liang Bua.