Homo floriensis – Uncommon Descent

Recent surprising, maybe confusing news re Flores “hobbits”

There are pygmies on Flores Island in Indonesia today but they are not related to the diminutive Flores humans discovered in 2004. A fossil skeleton found in a cave on Flores Island, Indonesia, in 2004 turned out to be a previously unknown, very small species of human. Nicknamed the “hobbit” (officially Homo floresiensis), it remains Read More…

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