Indonesia's ancient "hobbits" may have endured not as daring hunters but as scavengers that capitalized on whatever food they ...

For more than a million years, a small ancient human relative survived quietly on the volcanic island of Flores in Indonesia.

A strange theory suggests a human-like species, Homo floresiensis, may still inhabit Flores Island caves. These small-bodied ...

New research indicates "Homo floresiensis" probably wasn't hunting big game or using fire on Flores Island, suggesting the ...

Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy elephants, ...

Instead of hunting big game or wielding fire, the hobbit-like hominin Homo floresiensis likely scavenged leftovers of prey ...

Researchers working with the Smithsonian pored over 10,061 artifacts and other elements to determine whether tiny ‘Homo ...

A new analysis of thousands of bones from an Indonesian cave suggests Homo floresiensis scavenged Komodo dragon kills rather ...

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A new Homo floresiensis study suggests the extinct "hobbit" scavenged Komodo dragon kills instead of hunting large prey or ...

Researchers fed a Komodo dragon a goat to figure out if Homo floresiensis truly were the hunters they were originally thought to be.