A new study suggests that ancestors of 'hobbits' who lived 700,000 years ago were even smaller than previously believed.
Following uncovered fossils in Indonesia, a new study on Tuesday suggested that ancestors of the so-called 'hobbits' were even smaller than previously believed, according to the Nature Communications.According to the Associated Press, 20 years ago scientists discovered fossils on an Indonesian island of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet tall—earning them the nickname 'hobbits.
'This 700,000-year-old adult humerus is not just shorter than that of Homo floresiensis, it is the smallest upper arm bone known from the hominin fossil record worldwide,' Brumm said in a press release.
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