“Hobbits” Disappeared Earlier Than We Thought

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Archaeological excavations in progress at Liang Bua on the Indonesian island of Flores. Liang Bua Team

Fossilized bones and stone artifacts discovered in a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Flores suggest that Homo floresiensis – an extinct human ancestor nicknamed the Hobbit – may have died off tens of thousands of years earlier than we thought. The findings are published in Nature this week.