Arm bone of small ‘hobbit’ human that lived hundreds of thousands of years ago discovered on Indonesian island
A jawbone, arm fragments and teeth recently discovered at an archaeological site in Indonesia have revealed the existence of a small human ancestor known as the “hobbit” that lived about 700,000 years ago. Named after J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, the “hobbit” is thought to be even smaller than any previously discovered descendants […]
New species of dinosaur that lived 125 million years ago identified in England
A new species of dinosaur has been discovered in Britain. The bones of Comptonatus chasey, a herbivorous dinosaur that lived 125 million years ago during the Cretaceous period, were first discovered in 2013 on cliffs at Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight on the south coast of England, but the identity of the dinosaur […]