And the newly studied fossils represent an earlier hobbit who was 2.4 inches (6.1 centimeters ... An unearthed humerus bone is the smallest human limb bone ever found, and a digital analysis ...

Now, archaeologists have studied two more teeth and an adult’s partial upper arm bone found at Mata Menge. From these fossils, “we could finally determine the body size” of this hobbit ...

Until recently, only two complete skeletons from the battle had been found, leaving gaps in the ... nicknamed Thorin after a character in “The Hobbit,” has puzzled researchers for nearly ...

It was a new species of hominin, now known as Denisovans, who were the first human cousins identified only by their DNA.

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 ...

None were found, indicating that it is unlikely that ... No DNA was recovered in the original Hobbit fossils, but DNA methods have improved markedly in the last few years." She went on to say ...

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 ...

Genetic analysis of a Neanderthal fossil found in France reveals that it was ... dubbed Thorin after a character in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, was discovered in 2015 at the Grotte Mandrin ...