Homo floresiensis

Articles About Homo floresiensis

• In-Depth Article

  Is Homo floresiensis a Legitimate Human “Hobbit” Species?

  Aug. 19, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Indonesia’s Flores Island was probably populated not by a Lilliputian human species but just ordinary people including a person with Down syndrome.

• Japanese Study Affirms Hobbits’ Humanity

  April 20, 2013 from News to Know

  Japanese study affirms hobbits’ humanity and offers clues to their origin.

• "Hobbits" Reconfirmed as Human

  Oct. 2, 2010

  The University of Western Australia's Emeritus Professor Charles Oxnard and colleagues have reconfirmed that the “Hobbits” were human after all.

• Hobbit Fully Human?

  Sept. 11, 2010

  The hobbit of Indonesia is back in the news again, and this time, the spotlight is again on scientists who think the hobbit was fully human.

• Hobbits from Indonesia?

  March 20, 2010

  Did “hobbits” inhabit Indonesia’s Flores Island more than a million years ago?

• Is the Hobbit Human?

  Jan. 31, 2009 from News to Know

  Remember the hobbit? It’s back in the news—again.

• Dental Anomalies Found in Hobbit Teeth

  May 3, 2008

  One of the Indonesian “hobbit” fossils said to be a unique species of human from 18,000 years ago may have dropped by the dentist for a filling last century, reports ScienceNOW’s Elizabeth Culotta.

• Ancient Bones of Hobbits found in Palau

  March 15, 2008

  “Thousands” of human bones have been unearthed belonging to “numerous individuals,” some of whom were “of particularly small size.” More hobbits, perhaps?

• The Return of the Hobbits

  March 6, 2008

  The debate over “hobbit” remains found in an Indonesian island cave shows no signs of slowing. Creating news this time is a new theory published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

• Hobbit by Birth or Disease?

  Sept. 29, 2007

  Another study about the famous (or is it infamous?) “hobbit,” further stokes the debate: diseased or different?

• “Hobbits” Were True Humans!

  Feb. 14, 2007

  The island of Flores, Indonesia, was the discovery site of fossil adult humans just three feet tall with a cranial capacity of about 380 cubic centimeters. Their scientific name is Homo floresiensis. However, they have been nicknamed “hobbits,” after the stars of the Lord of the Rings saga by Tolkien.

• “Hobbit” Dispute Takes Another Turn

  Feb. 3, 2007

  Researchers debate about the “hobbit” skeleton discovered earlier this year.

• “Hobbits” Were Real!

  Sept. 13, 2006

  Mystifying human fossils were found on the island of Flores, Indonesia, by a team led by Peter Brown and M. J. Morwood, and reported in Nature.

• It’s Getting “Hobbit”-forming—the Ongoing Attempts to Deny Humanity’s Special Creation

  May 5, 2005

  The American TV network CBS—on its premier news program, 60 Minutes—aired a highly speculative segment on the controversial Indonesian fossil find called “Flores Man.”