Here’s How This 'Hobbit'-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island with Komodo Dragons ^27.3%

Gizmodo - By Matthew Phelan - 7/3/2026, 8:00 PM

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Anthropologists have been debating the life and times of Indonesia’s prehistoric “hobbit-like” human ancestor, Homo floresiensis, ever since the remains of the first known specimen were discovered on the island of Flores in 2003. How small could an individual H. floresiensis really be? (Pretty small!) Are we sure H. floresiensis was... more

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Here’s How This 'Hobbit'-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island with Komodo Dragons ^27.3%

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Here’s How This 'Hobbit'-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island with Komodo Dragons 27.3%

Here’s How This 'Hobbit'-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island with Komodo Dragons ^27.3%