Scientists have discovered the origins of a short, ancient species of human nicknamed 'hobbits' due to their small stature, putting to rest several other theories that had been hotly debated ever ...

The “hobbit” stood 39 inches tall, weighed only 55 pounds and she brought paleoanthropologist Peter Brown the world’s attention when he discovered her bones in Indonesia in 2003. Brown, a professor of ...

A ‘Holy Grail’ first edition of The Hobbit is set to sell for thousands at auction – after being discovered during a routine house clearance. The copy of J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1937 work was discovered ...

LIANG BUA, Indonesia Hunched over a picnic table in a limestone cave, the Indonesian researcher gingerly fingers the bones of a giant rat for clues to the origins of a tiny human. This world turned ...