Homo floresiensis: Early Human ‘Hobbit’ (opens in new tab)

Listen to Homo floresiensis: Early Human ‘Hobbit’ from The Ancients. An extinct species of archaic human, Homo floresiensis has been discovered solely in one, very specific location - the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed 'the hobbit' due to its diminutive stature (and discovery coinciding with a certain film franchise), this hominid is something of an enigma in the story of human evolution. Both amazing and confusing experts in equal measure since it's discovery more than a decade ago -...