Indonesian hobbits were dwarfs, not new species

  • 12/03/2008

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)

Washington: Tiny skeletons found in the caves of the Pacific islands of Palau undercut the theory that similar remains found in Indonesia might be a unique new species of humans, researchers reported on Monday. The Palau skeletons, which date to between 900 and 2,800 years ago, appear to have belonged to so-called insular dwarfs