Twenty years ago, scientists found a three-foot skeleton on a tropical island. Where this human species fits in our ...

Despite their miniature brains, the ancient "Hobbits" do appear to have made stone tools. Utensils produced by the ...

Homo floresiensis, a species of humans dubbed “Hobbits” for their short stature, were even smaller than previously thought, a new fossil study has revealed. The species, related to modern ...

Are the bones of several tiny individuals from the island of Flores the newest addition to our family tree, or are they the remains of diseased humans only masquerading as an extinct species?

One of these species was the diminutive "Hobbit" - Homo floresiensis - which survived on the Indonesian island of Flores until 50,000 years ago. Prof Chris Stringer, from London's Natural History ...

The tiny Homo floresiensis highlights another way in which our ancient ... The final part of the gallery explores how our species, Homo sapiens, originated in Africa, before dispersing around the ...

For a week in April 2005, Bert Roberts answered viewer questions about the little people of Flores. See his responses to the questions below. Please note we are no longer accepting questions.

Homo floresiensis. The new find offers fresh insights into this diminutive species, highlighting their small physical size.

Study published in Nature magazine X/@FossilHistory The striking similarities between the Mata Menge fossils and Homo ... that Homo floresiensis (Hobbits) descended from that species, said the ...