The “Hobbits” Mysteriously Disappeared 50,000 Years Ago – Scientists Have Revealed What Happened to Their Home

A long drought on Flores may have helped drive Homo floresiensis and its prey away from their cave refuge. For more than a million years, a small human relative survived on the volcanic island of Flores in Indonesia. Then, about 50,000 years ago, Homo floresiensis (also known as “the hobbit” thanks to its small stature) [...]