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 ancestor, lead ...

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.

However, the once-in-a-lifetime find, nicknamed Thorin after a character in “The Hobbit,” remained ... of that interbreeding has been found in Neanderthal fossils from that time, including ...

The original hobbit fossils — named by the discoverers after ... have been charged with the murder of Taig Savage who was found badly beaten outside of Penticton Secondary School three years ...

nicknamed Thorin after a character in “The Hobbit,” has puzzled researchers for nearly a decade. While genetics suggested the Neanderthal was 105,000 years old, archaeological context indicated he ...

However, the once-in-a-lifetime find, nicknamed Thorin after a character in “The Hobbit,” remained ... of that interbreeding has been found in Neanderthal fossils from that time, including ...