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world2 hours ago•16 min saved

Drought on Flores Island Likely Ended the Real-Life Hobbits’ Refuge

Researchers reconstructed ancient rainfall on Flores Island using a stalagmite from Liang Luar cave, revealing three climate phases and a final prolonged dry spell around 61,000–47,000 years ago that coincides with the disappearance of Homo floresiensis and their pygmy-elephant prey Stegodon florensis insularis, suggesting dwindling resources forced the hobbits to abandon Liang Bua and potentially encounter modern humans who arrived on the island later.

via The Times of India|

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discoveries6 days ago•44 min saved

Ancient Flores drought likely ended Homo floresiensis without direct human conflict

A long-term drought on Flores, inferred from stalagmite records and Stegodon tooth enamel, dried rivers and prey around Liang Bua, likely forcing Homo floresiensis to retreat and eventually vanish from Flores around 61,000 years ago; there is no evidence of direct contact with modern humans at the site, suggesting climate-driven ecological collapse rather than a violent extinction.

via The Brighter Side of News|

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science6 days ago•7 min saved

Flores hobbits likely scavengers, not hunters or fire-makers

New research suggests Homo floresiensis survived on scavenged Stegodon leftovers rather than actively hunting big game or using fire, based on bone-cut marks compared to Komodo dragon tooth marks and the absence of charred bones in the cave; the findings imply a simpler behavioral repertoire and a possibly different evolutionary path from Homo erectus.

via CNN|

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human-history7 days ago•16 min saved

Hobbit-Sized Hominins Likely Scavengers Amid Komodo Dragons on Flores

A Smithsonian-led study argues that Homo floresiensis on Flores were probably scavengers rather than big-game hunters or fire users. By examining Stegodon florensis insularis bones for dragon and hominin tooth scores, and reviewing 10,061 Liang Bua artifacts alongside experiments with living Komodo dragons, researchers found the hobbit-like hominins left marks on smaller, less meat-rich pieces and that evidence for fire at the site likely comes from later Homo sapiens, not H. floresiensis, though debates about their behavior persist.

via Gizmodo|

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science11 months ago•1 min saved

Ancient Stone Tools in Indonesia Rewrite Hominid Migration Timeline

Archaeologists have discovered 1.48 million-year-old stone tools on Sulawesi Island, suggesting that the diminutive species Homo floresiensis, or 'hobbits,' may have used sea travel to migrate from Sulawesi to Flores Island, providing new insights into their lifestyle and movement, although the findings are not yet conclusive.

via The Daily Beast|

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