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Discovery of tiny bone sheds light on mysterious 'hobbit' humans

Phys.org - Sat 10 Aug 24

The discovery of a tiny arm bone suggests that an ancient human dubbed "hobbits" only shrank down to their diminutive size after they arrived on an Indonesian island a million years ago, scientists ...

Ancient Human ‘Hobbits’ Were Even Smaller Than We Thought, Fossil Evidence Reveals

Inverse - Thu 8 Aug 24

— Yousuke KaifuAbout 700,000 years ago, the skeletal remains of one of our most diminutive and mysterious ancient relatives were encased in sand and mud in a riverbed on an Indonesian island. ...

Giant fossil seeds from Borneo record ancient plant migration

Phys.org - Thu 8 Aug 24

Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in the fossil record, may provide new insight into the evolution of today's diverse Southeast Asian and Australian ...

T-rex relative found in Thailand: why local researchers are excited

Nature News - Wed 7 Aug 24

Nature, Published online: 07 August 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02376-8Scientists hope the discovery will inspire more palaeontologists from southeast Asia to explore the region’s ...

Smallest human species ‘Flores Hobbits’ were even smaller than thought, study finds

The Independent - Wed 7 Aug 24

Homo floresiensis lived on Indonesia’s Flores island as recently as 50,000 years ago

Smallest Ever Human Arm Bone Found as a Piece of the Hobbit Origin Puzzle

Discover Magazine - Tue 6 Aug 24

Ancestors to Homo floresiensis lived on the Indonesian island of Flores 650,000 years before their famous relatives.

Smallest fossil human arm bone sheds light on origin of “Hobbits” of Flores

Cosmos Magazine - Tue 6 Aug 24

An extremely rare ancient human fossil has been found on the Indonesian island of Flores which could change our understanding of hominin evolution in Southeast Asia. The Mata Menge fossil ...

Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors

Newscientist - Tue 6 Aug 24

An arm bone from an ancient human that lived 700,000 years ago on the island of Flores is the smallest ever found from an adult hominin, adding a new piece to the puzzle of Homo floresiensis

‘The hobbit’ may have shrunk early, evolved from a tall human ancestor

Science - Tue 6 Aug 24

Bones recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores help fill in the mysterious history of Homo floresiensis

Tiny arm bone belonged to smallest ancient human ever found

Nature News - Tue 6 Aug 24

Nature, Published online: 06 August 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02548-6Fossil humerus offers clues about the rapid evolution of remote-island ‘hobbit’ species Homo floresiensis.

Scientists Find Arm Bone of Ancient ‘Hobbit’ Human

New York Times - Tue 6 Aug 24

New fossils from Indonesia, including the smallest humerus ever found from an adult hominin, belonged to the tiny Homo floresiensis species, researchers said.

Discovery of smallest ever limb bone sheds light on origin of tiny ancient Hobbit humans

The Independent - Tue 6 Aug 24

Experts thinks the so-called Hobbits may have descended from another extinct human species

Tiny adult limb bone fossil sheds light on origin of ancient ‘Hobbit’ humans

The Independent - Tue 6 Aug 24

Findings suggest small-bodied ancient humans may have evolved from another extinct species called Homo erectus.

Smallest arm bone in the human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis

Phys.org - Tue 6 Aug 24

A paper appearing today in Nature Communications reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb ...

Fossils Shed New Light on Small 'Hobbit-Like' Humans That Lived on a Remote Island

Smithsonian Magazine - Fri 9 Aug 24

Two teeth and a small adult arm bone found in Indonesia suggest the ancestors of Homo floresiensis were even shorter than scientists previously thought

New ‘Hobbit’ Fossil Clarifies Origin Story of this Tiny Human Relative

Scientific American - Wed 7 Aug 24

A tiny human relative called the Hobbit, or Homo floresiensis, may have evolved from a larger ancestor that shrunk upon arriving on the Indonesian island of Flores, a new fossil suggests

Indonesia’s tiny hobbits descended from even smaller ancestors

Ars Technica - Tue 6 Aug 24

Enlarge / Half of the upper arm bone of this species can fit comfortably in the palm of a modern human hand. (credit: Yousuke Kaifu) The discovery of Homo floresiensis, often ...

Meet our TINY ancient cousins! Newly-discovered hominin species that lived in Indonesia 700,000 years ago was just 3.2ft tall, study finds

Daily Mail - Tue 6 Aug 24

Archaeologists have uncovered the 700,000-year-old fossils of an ancient hominid ancestor of homo floresiensis - a human relative often known as the Hobbits.

Smallest Human Limb Bone Ever Sheds New Light on Homo floresiensis, The ‘Hobbits’

ZME Science - Tue 6 Aug 24

Early Homo floresiensis was even smaller than previously thought and may have evolved from isolated Homo erectus populations.

Smallest Known Species of Human May Have Had an Even Smaller Ancestor

ScienceAlert - Tue 6 Aug 24

What's smaller than a hobbit?

New ‘Hobbit’ fossils discovered on Indonesia’s Flores island

Popular Science - Tue 6 Aug 24

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 ...

Archaic human 'hobbits' were even shorter than we thought, 700,000-year-old teeth and bone reveal

Livescience - Tue 6 Aug 24

A new analysis of teeth and a bone found on an Indonesian island reveal that "hobbits" were more than 2 inches shorter than we thought. ...

Is this quirky little rock the oldest known animal carving?

ZME Science - Thu 1 Aug 24

It doesn't look like much to the untrained eye, but experts say it could be a 130,000-year-old sculpture.

The Smallest Human Arm Bone

Anthropology.net - Wed 7 Aug 24

A recent study1 published in Nature Communications has unveiled a remarkable discovery of rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores. Among these finds is an astonishingly ...

Discovery of "hobbit" fossils suggests tiny humans once roamed Indonesia

CBSNews - Tue 6 Aug 24

A new study published in the journal Nature suggests ancestors of an early human species​ were slightly shorter than previously thought.

Fossils suggest even smaller 'hobbits' roamed Indonesian island 700,000 years ago

Voice of America - Tue 6 Aug 24

washington — Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 1.07 meters tall — earning them the nickname "hobbits." Now ...

Flores Hominins Most Likely Evolved from Early Asian Homo erectus

Sci.News - Tue 6 Aug 24

Recent discoveries of two diminutive hominin species, Homo floresiensis and Homo luzonensis, raise questions regarding how extreme body size reduction occurred in some extinct human species ...

Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis

ScienceDaily - Tue 6 Aug 24

A new study reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb bone. Dated to about 700,000 years old, ...

Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis, Scienmag - Tue 6 Aug 24
Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis, Eurekalert - Tue 6 Aug 24

Fossils suggest even smaller ‘hobbits’ roamed an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago

The Hindu - Tue 6 Aug 24

New research suggests ancestors of the “hobbits” were even smaller

The Real-Life “Hobbits” of Flores: Smallest Arm Bone in Human History Sheds Light on Mysterious Hominin Species

SciTechDaily - Tue 6 Aug 24

Researchers have uncovered early human fossils on Flores Island, Indonesia, revealing insights into the mysterious ‘Hobbits’ of Flores, Homo floresiensis. Dated 700,000 years ago, ...