Ancient Tools Reveal Mysterious Human Relative Preceding 'Hobbit' Species in Indonesia
TL;DR Summary
Researchers discovered 1 to 1.5 million-year-old stone tools on Sulawesi, Indonesia, indicating early human relatives occupied the region long before Homo sapiens, possibly related to Homo erectus or other archaic species, challenging previous assumptions about human migration and evolution in Wallacea.
- 1.5 million-year-old stone tools from mystery human relative discovered in Indonesia — they reached the region before our species even existed Live Science
- Ancient Tools Suggest Indonesian 'Hobbits' Had a Mysterious Neighbor ScienceAlert
- Archaeologists find oldest evidence of humans on 'Hobbit's' island neighbor—who they were remains a mystery Phys.org
- Did ancient ‘hobbit humans’ create these million-year-old tools? yahoo.com
- We May Finally Know Where The "Hobbit" Humans Came From IFLScience
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
1
Time Saved
6 min
vs 7 min read
Condensed
97%
1,333 → 41 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on Live Science