A recently found jawbone, arm bone fragment and teeth collected from an archaeological site in Indonesia revealed a diminutive ancestor of humans dubbed a "hobbit" who lived around 700,000 years ago.

In 2004, anthropologists on the Indonesian island of Flores discovered the remains of a diminutive hominin, Homo floresiensis. Now, a different team of researchers has discovered teeth and forearm ...

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(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. First unearthed in a startling discovery ...

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 suggests ...

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