An account of the landmark 2004 archaeological discovery of the extinct Indonesian race explains why it has been named one of history's most important scientific findings and what the "Hobbit" civilization reveals about ancient and modern people. 25,000 first printing.[...]
In the most revolutionary archaeological find of the new century, an international team of archaeologists led by Mike Morwood discovered a new, diminutive species of human on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed the "Hobbit," this was no creation of Tolkien's fantasy. The three foot tal[...]