However, there was still an important piece of the puzzle missing during previous excavations at Meta Menge. The postcranial elements–bones from below the head–from this species had yet to be ...

By Basten Gokkon When Indonesia designated Flores a “geothermal island” in 2017, identifying up to 21 geothermal sites, the ...

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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, an active volcano on the eastern Indonesian island of Flores, erupted early on Monday, killing at least 10 people, a local official said. Avi Manggota ...

The miniature “hobbit” humans of Flores Island may have come from the nearby island of Sulawesi, where researchers have discovered evidence for hominin occupation up to 1.5 million years ago. It’s ...

A new documentary film exposes the dark side of tourism development on Indonesia's Catholic-majority Flores Island, which is being developed as a premium destination. Dragon for Sale, which was ...

Aug 6 (Reuters) - When researchers excavated fossilized fragments of a rod-shaped bone 3-1/2 inches (88 mm) long at a site called Mata Menge on Indonesia's Flores island, the pieces initially were ...

Flores Island, Indonesia, was inhabited by the small-bodied hominin species Homo floresiensis, which has an unknown evolutionary relationship to modern humans. This island is also home to an extant ...

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