A recent climate study from the University of Wollongong suggests that Homo floresiensis, the small early human species from ...

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 ...

Scientists suggest that a severe, years-long drought may have led to the extinction of the hobbit-like species, Homo floresiensis.

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

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

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

Learn how a major shift toward drought reshaped the Flores ecosystem and may have driven the hobbits to extinction.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...