New fossil find in Indonesia could represent the ancestors of the mysterious "Hobbit" species
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 12:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Reconstruction of Homo floresiensis by Atelier Elisabeth Daynes. (Kinez Riza) Buried 6½ feet beneath volcanic rock on the Indonesian island of Flores, scientists have found the fossilized remains of a petite hominin that lived 700,000 years ago. The discovery, described Wednesday in two papers...