To the team, this association suggests that H. floresiensis regularly hunted Stegodon. 研究團隊認為,動物遺骸與石器的這種聯繫,顯示弗洛瑞斯人經常狩獵劍齒象。
They further argued that it was a descendant of H. erectus that had become marooned on Flores and evolved in isolation into a dwarf species, much as the elephantlike Stegodon did. 此外,他們還論證弗洛瑞斯人是直立人的後裔,由於困處弗洛瑞斯島,在與世隔絕的情況下演化成侏儒物種,與島上的劍齒象一樣。