Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

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

One of the most enigmatic extinct human species, is Homo floresiensis, the Hobbit species. Apparently, there are some people who are of the belief that Homo floresiensis never went extinct.

The study authors believe that Homo erectus may have come to the island as much as 1.2 million years ago and that Homo floresiensis descended from them, gradually getting smaller along the way.

The species was dubbed Homo floresiensis, referring to the island of Flores where they were found, and scientists estimate they stood about 3.5 feet tall. The only hobbit fossils ever found have ...

These individuals—called Homo floresiensis and nicknamed the “ hobbits ” after J.R.R. Tolkien ’s small Middle-earth inhabitants—were shorter than today’s average human 4-year-old.

Ten Homo floresiensis fossils, including some described in 2016, from at least four individuals - two adults and two children - have been excavated from sandstone at Mata Menge, along with stone ...

Homo floresiensis, a species of humans dubbed “Hobbits” for their short stature, were even smaller than previously thought, a new fossil study has revealed. The species, related to modern ...

Ten Homo floresiensis fossils, including some described in 2016, from at least four individuals – two adults and two children – have been excavated from sandstone at Mata Menge, along with ...

The extinct species Homo floresiensis has long puzzled experts. A new analysis offers clues to the mystery of this tiny oddball’s place on the human family tree.

The discovery of a 700,000-year-old arm bone fossil and two teeth on the Indonesian island of Flores is shedding light on how the tiny, now-extinct human Homo floresiensis evolved.