In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Homo floresiensis, for instance, was remarkably small, earning it the nickname “hobbit” human. ... Additionally, the genetic ...

An abstract impression of DNA. KrulUA/iStock / Getty Images Plus. In their study, the researchers analyzed the complete genetic sequences of more than 1000 modern humans, rather than DNA extracted ...

Researchers found fossils of the extinct species Homo floresiensis at the Mata Menge excavation site, seen circa 2014, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Gerrit van den Bergh.

The remains of an individual Homo floresiensis were discovered in 2003 ... The researchers also found traces of highly divergent genetic sequences in Denisovan DNA — extracted from specimens ...

Physical and genetic similarities show that the modern human species, Homo sapiens, ... Homo Floresiensis | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program. 1 July 2022, ...

When the first modern humans arose in East Africa sometime between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago, the world was very different compared to today. Perhaps the biggest difference was that we—meaning ...

Homo floresiensis had a skull about the size of a grapefruit and has challenged many preconceptions about how human brain size relates to ... It's not just about the DNA sequence itself: ...

An international team of archeologists and other researchers on the Indonesian island of Flores found new fossils that belong to extremely rare early human species. Homo floresiensis has been ...

The origin story of Homo floresiensis, an oddball member of the human family that lived as recently as 60,000 years ago on the Indonesian island of Flores, is coming into focus. With its miniature ...

Scientists studying ancient cousins of humans have big news: A hobbit-like species was even smaller than previously thought. Fossils of Homo floresiensis (dubbed "hobbits" for their resemblance to ...

The scientific community believe a small species of human known as homo floresiensis once lived on the island of Flores, Indonesia, around 50,000 years ago.But one professor thinks the apelike ...