700,000 year old “human remains” found

Wellington (dpa)

Scientists have found rare fossils of early humans on the Indonesian island of Flores, including the limb bone of a “very small” adult, dating back around 700,000 years.
The spine in Liang Bua Cave on the west side of the island is believed to belong to one of the first people of the Homo species, a hobbit of short stature.
The most recent fossil discovery, which predates the Liang Bua hominin by 650,000 years, dates back to at least three individuals with smaller jaws and teeth than the hominin Homo floresiensis.