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Scientists discover true origins of `Hobbit` species that roamed Asia 50,000 years ago! – WION
The ‘Hobbit’ species that lives in Southeast Asia 50,000 years ago may be closer to modern humans than previously thought, a new research reveals.
The Hobbit species that lives in Southeast Asia 50,000 years ago may be closer to modern humans than previously thought, a new research reveals.
Published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, the new research suggests that the Hobbits are closely related to Denisovans and Neanderthals, and based on this, also human beings. Fossils recovered of ‘Homo Floresiensis’ (Hobbits) and another species ‘Homo Luzonensis’ revealed that both the species stood at 3 feet, 7 inches (109 cms).
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