The original hobbit fossils date back to between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago. ... The fossils were found on the top of a ribbon-shaped, pebbly sandstone layer in a small stream.

This early hobbit was 6 centimeters (2.4 inches) shorter than the original Homo floresiensis specimen, an almost complete skeleton found in the Liang Bua cave — around 75 kilometers (46.6 miles ...

The fossils in this new study were found further away from the Liang Bua cave, in Mata Menge. This open-air site is about 46 miles east of the cave in sparsely populated tropical grasslands of the ...

The new fossils were found at a site called Mata Menge, about 72 kilometres from the Liang Bua cave where the first hobbit bones were uncovered. These remains date back a staggering 700,000 years ...

Anthropologists found smaller, more ancient bones than before The remains of H. floresiensis (pronounced flor-eh-see-en-sis) found in 2004 were dated to about 60,000 years old , about 10,000 years ...

The fossils found so far at Mata Menge appear to have come from at least eight individuals. ... Homo erectus then shrank, reaching hobbit stature by 700,000 years ago, the scientists said. Image.

Nicknamed the "Hobbit," Homo floresiensis is considered to be the smallest known human species. ... Mystery: 600-Million-Year-Old Tiny Human Fossils Found in Antarctica. 18 Nov. 2022, https: ...

Scientists studying ancient cousins of humans have big news: A hobbit-like species was even smaller than previously thought. Fossils of Homo floresiensis (dubbed "hobbits" for their resemblance to ...

Skeletons found in a cave in Indonesia in 2004 surprised researchers because of their tiny size and their comparatively recent time frame: 700,000 to 50,000 years ago.

This early hobbit was 6 centimeters (2.4 inches) shorter than the original Homo floresiensis specimen, an almost complete skeleton found in the Liang Bua cave — around 75 kilometers (46.6 miles ...