Dr Mike Morley with Sediment Sample Taken from Liang Bua (IMAGE)

University of Wollongong

Dr Mike Morley with Sediment Sample Taken from Liang Bua

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Dr Mike Morley, from the University of Wollongong, Australia, with a sediment sample taken from Liang Bua. The sample contains crucial new evidence that has revealed modern humans (Homo sapiens) were likely using fire at Liang Bua 41,000 years ago, narrowing the time gap between the last hobbits (Homo floresiensis) and the first modern humans at this site on the Indonesian island of Flores. The finding is extremely important in the quest to discover why and how the hobbit disappeared.

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Paul Jones | University of Wollongong

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