Homo floresiensis was one of the last human species to go extinct, but also one of the most different from Homo sapiens. As ...

If proven correct, then Homo sapiens and Homo floresiensis must have co-existed on the island for several tens of millennia. On the other hand, Jared takes the logical counterposition that our ...

Are the bones of several tiny individuals from the island of Flores the newest addition to our family tree, or are they the remains of diseased humans only masquerading as an extinct species?

The tiny Homo floresiensis highlights another way in which our ancient ... We know that interbreeding with these ancient humans allowed Homo sapiens to acquire genes that improved their chances of ...

The astonishingly small adult limb bone discovered in Indonesia rekindles debates about modern humans' ancient relative, Homo floresiensis. The new find offers fresh insights into this diminutive ...

But they rejected the clichéd visual timeline of slouchy ape gradually transforming into a Homo sapiens with ramrod ... tiny Homo floresiensis, who had a wee brain and huge feet and ate rats ...

Almost all of them show unexpected features for a "recent" hominin that lived at the same time as Homo sapiens ... Denisovans, Homo floresiensis, and modern humans. There's no question that ...