SCIENTISTS have discovered the fossils of a “hobbit” that lived 700,000 years ago on an Indonesian island.
A scientist’s estimation of what the “hobbits” might have looked like
The homo floresienis were ancient humans that lived between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago.
Other researchers believe the fossils belonged to anatomically modern humans who suffered from some type of disorder that led to extreme disorder.
Microcephaly and Down syndrome have both been proposed.
However, the new discovery suggests otherwise – hobbits who wound up on the island seemed to defy traditional evolution and growth.
