Short ancient humans in Indonesia called Homo floresiensis disappeared possibly due to severe drought that gripped their ...

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 ...

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A cave climate record shows that a long, intensifying drought likely pushed the “hobbit” humans to disappear from Flores.

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. When you purchase through links on ...

They came up a little short. A small archaic hominid known as the “hobbit” might have died out around 50,000 years ago after declining rainfall levels forced them to compete with modern humans, among ...

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A recent study offers a new approach that may fundamentally reshape our understanding of the fate of Flores man.

Nick Scroxton receives funding from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, and conducted this work while receiving funding from the Australian Research Council. Gerrit (Gert) van den Bergh ...

With no breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, or afternoon tea to keep them going, the legendary "hobbits" of Indonesia may have starved to death around 61,000 years ago. Otherwise known as Homo ...