About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as “the hobbit” thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, after more ...

A reduction in rainfall may have played a sizable role in the extinction of Homo floresiensis, the archaic human species nicknamed the "hobbit," a new study finds.

Archaeologists have found compelling evidence that the early humans who inhabited the Indonesian island of Flores were wiped out by climate change. Homo floresiensis, dubbed the “hobbits” for their ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet (1.07 meters) tall — earning them the nickname ...

Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet tall, earning them the nickname "hobbits." Now a new study suggests ...

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If you’ve started watching Amazon’s “Lord of the Rings” series “The Rings of Power,” you likely have a few questions – chief among them: why are the hobbits called “Harfoots?” There’s a good answer ...

The cozy-burrows part isn’t true, but J.R.R. Tolkien got it partly right: hobbits really did walk the Earth. According to many scientists, a species of miniature beings distantly related to Homo ...

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The Hobbits Key Art VS. Age of Hobbits Key Split - H 2012 The Asylum, known for its low-budget “mockbusters” that often trade on the hoopla surrounding major Hollywood releases, has set a Dec. 11 ...