Twenty years ago, decades after Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings was published, scientists found a three-foot human-looking skeleton on the island of Flores in Indonesia.
Originally thought to be a child, further research revealed that the skeleton actually belonged to a unique human species never seen before. These “hobbits,” or Homo floresiensis, dwelled in an ancient world of giant storks and shrunken elephants.
But where did they come from and why did they vanish? How do they fit in our evolutionary story?
Originally thought to be a child, further research revealed that the skeleton actually belonged to a unique human species never seen before. These “hobbits,” or Homo floresiensis, dwelled in an ancient world of giant storks and shrunken elephants.
But where did they come from and why did they vanish? How do they fit in our evolutionary story?
Twenty years ago, decades after Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings was published, scientists found a three-foot human-looking skeleton on the island of Flores in Indonesia.
Originally thought to be a child, further research revealed that the skeleton actually belonged to a unique human species never seen before. These “hobbits,” or Homo floresiensis, dwelled in an ancient world of giant storks and shrunken elephants.
But where did they come from and why did they vanish? How do they fit in our evolutionary story?
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