The 700,000 year-old hominins may be the ancestors of the 18,000-year-old Homo Floresiensis, or "hobbit fossils," also found in Indonesia. Dipti Kapadia explains. Photo illustration: Atelier ...

Fossils of P. robustus individuals have been found with tooth marks matching leopard bites. Despite their small size, P.

The original hobbit fossils — named by the discoverers after characters in “The Lord of the Rings” — date back to between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago. The new fossils were excavated at a ...

Scientists studying the ancient hobbit-humans have come up with many theories for where they came from and why they were so small. Some researchers think the fossils found in Mata Menge are the ...

They named her Homo floresiensis and nicknamed her the "Hobbit," after the diminutive ... size of an orange to make the sophisticated tools found at Ling Bua Cave—let alone hunt with them ...

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