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Natural Selections: Old "Hobbits"

<i>Homo floresiensis</i>, left, and <i>Homo Sapiens</i>
<i>Homo floresiensis</i>, left, and <i>Homo Sapiens</i>
(03/29/07) Dr. Curt Stager and Marth Foley talk about a new hominid species, Homo floresiensis, whose 18,000-year-old remains have been unearthed on an Indonesian island. The diminutive stature of this close relative of modern humans has earned it the nickname "hobbit."

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