Newly discovered fossils shed light on origins of curious ‘hobbit ...
WEBAug 6, 2024 · CNN — A hobbit-size species of ancient human that lived on the Indonesian island of Flores until about 50,000 years ago baffles scientists in several ways.
New ‘Hobbit’ fossils discovered on Indonesia’s Flores island
WEBAug 6, 2024 · An international team of archeologists and other researchers on the Indonesian island of Flores found new fossils that belong to extremely rare early human species.
Discovery of "hobbit" fossils suggests tiny humans roamed …
WEBAug 6, 2024 · Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet tall, earning them the nickname "hobbits." Now a new study...
Scientists Find Arm Bone of Ancient ‘Hobbit’ Human
WEBAug 6, 2024 · A new study describes 700,000-year-old teeth and arm bones from one of our most enigmatic relatives: a toddler-size “hobbit” who lived on a small island between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Fossils suggest ‘hobbits’ roamed Indonesian island 700,000 years …
WEBAug 6, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet (1.07 meters) tall — earning them the nickname “hobbits.” Now a new study suggests ancestors of the hobbits were even slightly shorter.
Smallest adult human arm bone fossil so far discovered points to ...
WEBAug 6, 2024 · A 700,000-year-old fragment of arm bone has shed light on the origins of the early human species known as the "hobbit". The tiny piece of bone is from an early hobbit (Homo floresiensis) individual, which researchers estimate was just 100 centimetres tall. This was 6cm smaller than its descendants, which lived 60,000 years ago.
Tiny arm bone belonged to smallest ancient human ever found
WEBAug 6, 2024 · A 700,000-year-old arm bone found on an Indonesian island is shedding light on the evolution of Homo floresiensis 1 — an ancient relative of modern humans nicknamed hobbit owing to its small...
Homo floresiensis - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
WEBJul 1, 2022 · Overview: Remains of one of the most recently discovered early human species, Homo floresiensis (nicknamed ‘Hobbit’), have so far only been found on the Island of Flores, Indonesia. The fossils of H. floresiensis date to between about 100,000 and 60,000 years ago, and stone tools made by this species date …
Homo floresiensis: The curious case of the hobbit and what its ... - CNN
WEBSep 2, 2023 · However, the tiny brain case and chimplike wristbones suggested the hobbit was related to australopithecines — small-bodied hominins, best known from the famous Lucy fossil, that roamed Africa...
Tiny arm bone unlocks mystery of Indonesia's extinct 'Hobbit' …
WEBAug 6, 2024 · While dental and jaw fossils of the same age previously were found at the site, the humerus is the first Hobbit bone beyond the cranium identified at Mata Menge.