The origins of the species known as 'the hobbit' - a human relative only a little over a metre tall - have been debated ever since its discovery in 2004. Now new fossils may reveal the ancestors of this strange species and help us to understand its history.
Read more from nature news here: [ Ссылка ]
Find the paper on the new fossils here: [ Ссылка ]
And a second paper here covers the age and context of the fossils: [ Ссылка ]
8th June 2016
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