From the "Taung Child" to "the Hobbit," here are some of the most iconic fossils that have transformed ... apes and humans was expected to be found in Asia or Europe, not in Africa.

which have mainly been found with larger-brained species. These initial hobbit fossils were dated to about 60,000 to 100,000 years old. The new fossils, recovered from an archaeological site named ...

They named her Homo floresiensis and nicknamed her the "Hobbit," after the diminutive ... size of an orange to make the sophisticated tools found at Ling Bua Cave—let alone hunt with them ...

CHIEF SPECIMENS: cranium, jaw fragments, teeth found in western Chad ... set apart from other fossil apes by smaller canines, thicker and larger cheek teeth, and more downwardly oriented foramen ...

The original hobbit fossils — named by the discoverers after characters in “The Lord of the Rings” — date back to between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago. The new fossils were excavated at a ...

The 700,000 year-old hominins may be the ancestors of the 18,000-year-old Homo Floresiensis, or "hobbit fossils," also found in Indonesia. Dipti Kapadia explains. Photo illustration: Atelier ...

Are the bones of several tiny individuals from the island of Flores the newest addition to our family tree, or are they the remains of diseased humans only masquerading as an extinct species?