In 2004, anthropologists on the Indonesian island of Flores discovered the remains of a diminutive hominin, Homo floresiensis. Now, a different team of researchers has discovered teeth and forearm ...

The fire was growing low, and the supper dishes had already been put away, but the little hobbit was not quite ready for the nursery. "Tell me again about the magic picture show," he peeped. "Tell me ...

A clay sculpture of a mature female Hobbit is helping to convince an Australian scientist the small people of Flores could have handled large tools. Environmental archaeologist Dr Carol Lentfer will ...

After the skeletal remains of an 18,000-year-old, Hobbit-sized human were discovered on island of Flores in 2003, some scientists thought that the specimen must have been a human with an abnormally ...

Scientists have unearthed fossils from an extinct human species that predates Homo floresiensis by more than half a million years. Scientists have found six teeth and a fragment of jawbone belonging ...

From Hollywood to you 'The Pyramid,' 'Penguins of Madagascar,' 'Top Five' are among the gifts coming soon to the big screen Bilbo (Martin Freeman) faces new challenges in "The Hobbit: The Battle of ...

Ancestors of the mysterious extinct human lineage nicknamed "hobbits" may have been discovered, a new study finds. The newfound individuals may have been even littler than the hobbits, and date much ...

The story of humanity was rewritten 12 years ago by the discovery of the Hobbit. Now scientists unearth another twist to this epic tale. ByPallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Scientists have ...