August 15, 2016
New dating of 'hobbit' sheds light on when it lived
Since 2004, when scientists first announced the discovery of fossil remains of a new species of hominin from Indonesia — dubbed Homo floresiensis …
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June 8, 2016
New fossils illuminate 'hobbit' evolutionary history
Scientists first discovered fossils of Homo floresiensis — a species of extinct 1-meter-tall hominins nicknamed “hobbits” — in Liang Bua cave on …
January 5, 2012
Third hominin coexisted with modern humans and Neanderthals
Modern humans and Neanderthals lived side by side on the Eurasian landscape for tens of thousands of years — but it turns out they weren’t alone, …
January 5, 2012
There and back again: Alien From Earth tells the tale of the Hobbit
For many years, local legend on the Indonesian island of Flores told of an elflike creature with large feet and a voracious appetite that lived …
January 5, 2012
Paleo Patrol: A hominin family reunion at the Smithsonian
Last month, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., unveiled its new (permanent) human evolution exhibit: the …
January 5, 2012
Earliest fossil evidence of humans in Southeast Asia?
Modern humans reached the islands of Southeast Asia by approximately 50,000 years ago, but our ancestors’ journey was not easy. Even during times …