WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossils unearthed on the Indonesian island of Flores may resolve one of the most intriguing mysteries in anthropology: the ancestry of the extraordinary diminutive human species ...

On a small Indonesian island, a tiny human species once thrived in caves above a lush river valley, only to vanish as the landscape around them withered. New research argues that a brutal, 6,000-year ...

(Reuters) - When researchers excavated fossilized fragments of a rod-shaped bone 3-1/2 inches (88 mm) long at a site called Mata Menge on Indonesia's Flores island, the pieces initially were bagged ...

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AN ancient human-like being that was also small in stature and once lived on the island of Flores has puzzled scientists. The study finds no evidence of a genetic relationship — which isn’t surprising ...

Several years ago, a group of intriguing, ancient fossils were uncovered: Their bodies and skulls looked human, but they were incredibly tiny. Scientists named them Homo floresiensis, and the popular ...