It was, perhaps, inevitable that Homo floresiensis, the three-foot-tall species of primitive human discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores, would come to be widely known as "hobbits". After all, ...

The lecture on a newly discovered species of "little people" will coincide with the release of the first Hobbit film. Photo / Supplied The lecture on a newly discovered species of "little people" will ...

Homo floresiensis likely stood about 3’6″, making this prehistoric human roughly the average height of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Hobbits. For years, Flores Man has been referred to by the nickname ...

It was, perhaps, inevitable that Homo floresiensis, the metre-tall species of primitive human discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores, would come to be widely known as "hobbits". After all, like ...