Jatmiko, an Indonesian archaeologist ... the coordinator of the hobbit dig. For example, he said, it may turn out that Homo erectus evolved in Asia. “For many people, this was totally unexpected ...

They named her Homo floresiensis and nicknamed her the "Hobbit ... Flores people could have suffered from hypothyroidism, a form of cretinism found relatively frequently in modern Indonesia ...

The researchers now believe these small-bodied people ... ‘Hobbit’ story did indeed begin when a group of the early Asian hominins known as Homo erectus somehow became isolated on this remote ...

The astonishingly small adult limb bone discovered in Indonesia rekindles debates about modern humans' ancient relative, Homo floresiensis. The new find offers fresh insights into this diminutive ...

Researchers have debated how the hobbits – named Homo floresiensis after the remote Indonesian island of Flores – evolved to be so small and where they fall in the human evolutionary story.