CLAIMS that small, hobbit-like humans once roamed the island of Flores in Indonesia have been bolstered by the discovery of new bones and artefacts on the island.
A year ago, Michael Morwood and colleagues from the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia, reported having found the skull and other bones of a female from a new human-like species, named Homo floresiensis, which stood at just over a metre tall (New Scientist, 30 October 2004, p 8).
Now the same team has found the arm bones of the original female, as well as a jawbone and limb…
