Homo floresiensis (/ f l ɔːr ˈ ɛ z iː ˌ ɛ n. s ɪ s /), also known as "Flores Man" or "Hobbit" (after the fictional species), is an extinct species of small archaic humans that inhabited the island of Flores, Indonesia, until the arrival of modern humans about 50,000 years ago.

Mar 30, 2016 · Excavations at Liang Bua and elsewhere on Flores continue, and hopefully these will shed additional light on the enigmatic hominin species Homo floresiensis, the so-called "hobbits" of human evolution.

Jul 1, 2022 · Remains of one of the most recently discovered early human species, Homo floresiensis (nicknamed ‘Hobbit’), have so far only been found on the Island of Flores, Indonesia.

Mar 30, 2025 · In 2003, a team of archaeologists unearthed a remarkable discovery on the Indonesian island of Flores: the skeletal remains of a diminutive human species, later named Homo floresiensis. These “hobbit humans,” as they were affectionately dubbed by the media, have captured the imagination of scientists and the public alike.

Oct 25, 2024 · A long time ago, on the island of Flores in Indonesia, there lived strange, small-statured humans who dwelled among giant storks and shrunken elephants.

Jul 26, 2019 · 60,000 years ago, diminutive beings dwelled on the Indonesian island of Flores, alongside komodo dragons, pygmy stegodons and real-life rodents of unusual size. The now-extinct humans — known scientifically as Homo floresiensis , and popularly as the hobbits — stood less than 4 feet tall, with brains one third the size of living people.

Aug 6, 2024 · Homo floresiensis, a diminutive hominin dubbed the hobbit, lived about hundreds of thousands of years ago on a remote Indonesian island.

Sep 22, 2023 · Hobbits are usually found feasting, drinking, gardening and destroying rings in Tolkien's fictional Middle-Earth. But in reality, ancient remains indicate that hobbit-sized humanoids once lived on the Indonesian island of Flores.

Sep 2, 2023 · Now, 20 years later, scientists are still struggling to understand the hobbit’s place in the human family tree. The explosive discovery of a tiny, enigmatic hominin in an Indonesian cave in...

Apr 25, 2022 · Between about 700,000 years ago and 60,000 years ago, a diminutive early human walked the island of Flores, in what is now Indonesia.