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Rampasasa people are from Waemulu village, Flores – near Liang Bua where ‘the Hobbit’ fossils were discovered. Dean Falk, Florida State University

We know why short‑statured people of Flores became small – but for the extinct ‘Hobbit’ it’s not so clear

Michael Westaway, Griffith University and Francis David Bulbeck, Australian National University

Modern day people of short stature became physically small due to the effects of living on a small island or forested environment. But we’re not sure why “the Hobbit” of Flores was so small.

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