New UOW hobbit findings narrow gap between humans and tiny creatures

By Kate McIlwain
Updated June 30 2016 - 10:02am, first published 6:00am
Fragments of history: UOW archaeologist Dr Mike Morley with some of the sediments analysed by researchers. Picture: Supplied.
Fragments of history: UOW archaeologist Dr Mike Morley with some of the sediments analysed by researchers. Picture: Supplied.

New evidence found by University of Wollongong archaeologists has narrowed the possible gap between the times when tiny hominid creatures known affectionately as hobbits died out and modern humans arrived in Southeast Asia.

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