Strange 'hobbits' of Indonesia didn't hunt elephants after all, or cook them, says new paper, supporting theory of deeply archaic ancestry. How many hominins left Africa?

The hominins may have gone on adventures, but they lacked key skills of modern humans

Los diminutos humanos que vivieron en una isla de Indonesia hasta hace 50.000 años se alimentaban de los restos dejados por dragones de Komodo

Instead of hunting big game or wielding fire, the hobbit-like hominin Homo floresiensis likely scavenged leftovers of prey taken down by Komodo dragons.

An experiment that involved feeding a dead goat to a Komodo dragon as well as an analysis of thousands of ancient bones suggests that Homo floresiensis was neither a skilled…

Strange 'hobbits' of Indonesia didn't hunt elephants after all, or cook them, says new paper, supporting theory of deeply archaic ancestry. How many hominins left Africa?

Researchers working with the Smithsonian poured over 10,061 artifacts and other elements to determine whether tiny ‘Homo floresiensis’ used fire or hunted big game.