[ISL] "New Fossils Hint 'Hobbit' Humans Are Older Than Thought"

[rfmcdpei]

National Geographic's Adam Hoffman reported on the latest about Homo floresiensis. New archeological finds have confirmed that the specimens found so far represent a species, not isolated dwarfs, one with a long evolutionary history on its Indonesian island.

For the past decade, a fossil human relative about the size of a toddler has loomed large

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[robby]

These earlier finds were 25% smaller than the later "hobbitt" people. Speculation is that modern men killed them quickly, once they arrived about 50,000 years ago.