The 3.5ft humans were using stone
tools in Indonesia 50,000 years ago
Thursday 30 June 2016
It may not yet be enough to
convince a jury, but mounting evidence suggests ancestors of modern humans
wiped out the world's only known population of hobbits.
A race of 3.5ft tall humans -
known as “hobbits” - were using stone tools on the Indonesian island of Flores
50,000 years ago but then mysteriously vanished.
Scientists now believe
modern Homo sapiens humans were using fire in the hobbits' cave at
least 41,000 years ago.
The discovery of hearths in the
Liang Bua cave indicates that hobbits and modern humans both occupied the site
within 11,000 years of each other.
Researchers are searching for
more evidence that will remove any remaining alibi modern humans might have.
If the two species came together
at the same place and time it could explain the hobbits' extinction.
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