Two men are stranded on a deserted island. They’ve got fresh water, shelter and just enough to food to survive. They play ...

Tolkien’s beloved Hobbits may serve as an inspiration for Christian celebration and mission during the Christmas season.

A recent climate study from the University of Wollongong suggests that Homo floresiensis, the small early human species from ...

About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as “the hobbit” thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, after more ...

Scientists suggest that a severe, years-long drought may have led to the extinction of the hobbit-like species, Homo floresiensis.

Short ancient humans in Indonesia called Homo floresiensis disappeared possibly due to severe drought that gripped their ...

A recent study offers a new approach that may fundamentally reshape our understanding of the fate of Flores man.

A small market town in Powys features fantasy-themed hillside huts that visitors say look just like the iconic Hobbiton ...

Researchers now believe the hobbits’ extinction was driven by multiple overlapping crises: a steep drop in rainfall, a shrinking food supply, and a powerful volcanic eruption.

Archaeologists have found compelling evidence that the early humans who inhabited the Indonesian island of Flores were wiped out by climate change. Homo floresiensis, dubbed the “hobbits” for their ...

They came up a little short. A small archaic hominid known as the “hobbit” might have died out around 50,000 years ago after declining rainfall levels forced them to compete with modern humans, among ...

Nick Scroxton receives funding from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, and conducted this work while receiving funding from the Australian Research Council. Gerrit (Gert) van den Bergh ...