Homo Floresiensis is a human ancestor that lived only 18,000 years ago - while humans were still around. How did they get there? Why are they so small? And could there still be some of them around?

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This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization.

Indeed, in 2016 alone, evidence for even older remains of Homo floresiensis was uncovered at Mata Menge, a place 45 miles from the original fossil site. These ancestors, 700,000 years ago ...

On one now known as Flores, east of Java and Bali, they evolved into a dwarfed species, Homo floresiensis. Now nicknamed “hobbits,” these people stood only about 3 feet and 7 inches tall ...

Subsequent discoveries in Asia and Africa in recent decades, such as the fossil finds of Homo floresiensis, tiny hominins who lived 100,000 to 50,000 years ago in what’s now the Indonesian ...