When people hear the word “Hobbit,” they think of fantasy — Tolkien, Middle-earth, fiction. But in 2003, archaeologists uncovered something that felt impossible: a real human species barely over one ...

Want to mingle with hobbits? All you’ll need is a time machine and these coordinates: Flores Island, Indonesia, 700,000 B.C. There, you’d find 70-pound, three-foot-tall humanoids dwelling in caves. If ...

For years, the story of the so called “real life hobbits” has fascinated scientists and the public alike. Standing just over three feet tall and living on the Indonesian island of Flores, Homo ...