Analysis shows that the diminutive Homo floresiensis,died out at least 50000 years ago, making competition with contemporary humans a likely causeAncient “hobbit-like” humans who lived on an island in Indonesia thousands of years ago died out far sooner than thought, and contemporary humans could have been to blame.
First reported in 2004,and officially named Homo floresiensis, the fossilised remains of the hobbit-like hominins were unearthed in the Liang Bua cave on the Indonesian island of Flores. Just over a metre tall, and the long-lost species had elongated feet and a brain the size of a grapefruit.
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Source: theguardian.com