These specimens are part of a new species now referred to as Homo Naledi ... by the University of the Witwatersrand, the National Geographic Society and the South African National Research ...

These 700,000-year-old remains offer unprecedented insights into the mysterious lineage of Homo floresiensis, the so-called ‘Hobbits,’ who roamed this island long before modern humans emerged.

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 ...

The team identified four human species that existed during this time: Homo floresiensis ... This research was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (grants 42372001 and 42472006).

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The astonishingly small adult limb bone discovered in Indonesia rekindles debates about modern humans' ancient relative, Homo floresiensis. The new find offers fresh insights into this diminutive ...

The tiny piece of bone is from an early hobbit (Homo floresiensis) individual, which researchers estimate was just 100 centimetres tall. This was 6cm smaller than its descendants, which lived ...