The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds.

The discovery of a 700,000-year-old arm bone fossil and two teeth on the Indonesian island of Flores is shedding light on how the tiny, now-extinct human Homo floresiensis evolved.

Scientists have uncovered bone fragments from a human ancestor that lived around 700,000 years ago and was believed to be less than 3 feet tall.

The bone represents a human ancestor who likely stood around three inches shorter than its later “hobbit” descendant at around 3-foot-3.

Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis Date: August 6, 2024 Source: Griffith University Summary: A new study reports the discovery of extremely rare ...

Smallest Ever Human Arm Bone Found as a Piece of the Hobbit Origin Puzzle Ancestors to Homo floresiensis lived on the Indonesian island of Flores 650,000 years before their famous relatives.

NEWS 06 August 2024 Tiny arm bone belonged to smallest ancient human ever found Fossil humerus offers clues about the rapid evolution of remote-island ‘hobbit’ species Homo floresiensis.

New fossils from Indonesia, including the smallest humerus ever found from an adult hominin, belonged to the tiny Homo floresiensis species, researchers said.

A new analysis of teeth and a bone found on an Indonesian island reveal that "hobbits" were more than 2 inches shorter than we thought.

The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan.

The discovery of a 700,000-year-old arm bone fossil and two teeth on the Indonesian island of Flores is shedding light on how the tiny, now-extinct human Homo floresiensis evolved.