Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy elephants, ...

Long ago on the Indonesian island of Flores, Komodo dragons ate first, ripping into the flesh of cow-sized elephant kin and stripping their bones. Our tiny human relatives probably picked at the ...

An ancient human ancestor called Homo floresiensis was likely a scavenger who subsisted on the scraps left behind by the fearsome Komodo dragons that shared their home on the island of Flores in ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Prehistoric human relatives, nicknamed “hobbits” due to their short stature, may have been scavengers, rather than skilled hunters capable of taking down big game or building cooking fires, according ...

Researchers fed a Komodo dragon a goat to figure out if Homo floresiensis truly were the hunters they were originally thought to be. Researchers thought that the ancient human relative known as Homo ...

This documentary looks at the Shire as a real society, not just a cozy place with food and gardens. Hobbits live in a mostly agrarian economy focused on farming, meals, local crafts, and small ...

Frodo, Bilbo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are some of the most significant characters in the entire Lord of the Rings franchise, despite the fact that hobbits in general were largely separate from the ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers received a concerning update on the recovery of left tackle Broderick Jones, as he had a setback with the neck injury he suffered last season, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter ...