Discovered in 2004, skeletal remains show that the hominins, nicknamed 'hobbits' by some of their discoverers, were only one metre tall, had a brain one-third the size of that of modern humans, and lived on an isolated island long after Homo sapiens had migrated through the South Pacific region, 18.000 years ago.
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- 'Hobbit' Joins Human Family Tree BBC News reports that the discovery of remains belonging to a tiny species of ancient human has been hailed as one of the most sensational finds of its type in decades.
- "Hobbit" Discovered: Tiny Human Ancestor Found in Asia Scientists have found skeletons of a human species that grew no larger than a three-year-old modern child. The species lived with pygmy elephants and giant lizards on a remote island in Indonesia. From National Geographic.
- Wikipedia Article on the discovery of this new homanid with facts and figures.
- BBC: Hobbit Was 'Not a Diseased Human' A study suggests the famous Indonesian "Hobbit" skeleton does not belong to a modern human with a brain disease, as some claimed.
- Homo floresiensis Account of how Dr. Mike Morwood and his colleagues searched the island of Flores for archaeological evidence of the passage of Australia's Aboriginal ancestors.
- Our Not So Distant Relative Article from Guardian Unlimited about the new hominid species discovered in 2004.
- Indonesia's Lost World: Shaking Up the Family Tree New discoveries on the Indonesian island of Flores are revealing that until at least 13,000 to 12,000 years ago, modern humans shared this planet with a different human species. Article from Archaeology.