The researchers came to the conclusion that there was a dwarf people on the islands of Indonesia, whose representatives still live today.
Scientists have come to the conclusion that the hobbits used to really exist. The researchers found that the undersized people, whose remains were found in the caves of the Indonesian island of Flores, were completely healthy and were a small people inhabiting a certain territory.
Researchers believe that the Hobbits are descended from a Homo erectus from Asia, whose representatives took refuge on the island after a natural disaster.
After numerous examinations, scientists came to the conclusion that the inhabitants of Flores "diminished" due to the so-called "island effect". This is due to the fact that the population is limited in the field of activity and environment with fewer resources and territory.
It follows from this that the people of hobbits can exist today, but they have already mixed with the inhabitants of modern Asia, the researchers note.
The bones of the Floresian human were discovered in 2003 in the Liang Bua rock grotto. Among the many remains, scientists have found one almost complete skeleton, nicknamed "the hobbit". Scientists have long argued whether the Floresian "hobbit" is an ordinary person suffering from Down syndrome or another disease, or whether it is a representative of a dwarf species of people. And only now scientists have managed to unravel this mystery.
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