From the "Taung Child" to "the Hobbit," here are some of the most iconic fossils that have transformed ... apes and humans was expected to be found in Asia or Europe, not in Africa.

Scientists studying the ancient hobbit-humans have come up with many theories for where they came from and why they were so small. Some researchers think the fossils found in Mata Menge are the ...

The 700,000 year-old hominins may be the ancestors of the 18,000-year-old Homo Floresiensis, or "hobbit fossils," also found in Indonesia. Dipti Kapadia explains. Photo illustration: Atelier ...

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 ...

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 ...