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The article discusses about a team of researchers who have discovered Homo floresiensis also known as hobbit. Topics include name of archaeologists like Raden Soejono, Michael Morwood and geochronologist Richard ‘Bert' Roberts, excavations at Liang Bua, Indonesia and carbon dates dating back to 18, 000 years.

The article discusses controversy about the the origin of the species Homo floresiensis discovered by palaeoanthropologist Peter Brown. Topics include archaeologist Mike Morwood's excavation in Liang Bua, Indonesia leading to discovery of small skeleton exhibiting insular dwarfism in humans and how did the ancestors of Homo floresiensis arrived in Indonesia's Flores. Also included are diagrams of skeletal body parts of Homo floresiensis.

The article offers information on a research conducted by Yousuke Kaifu and his colleagues at the University of Tokyo located in Tokyo, according to which, the brain size for Homo floresiensis was of 426 cubic centimetres, which is one-third the volume of a human brain.

The article reports on the study by Caley Orr of Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Illinois and colleagues, which suggests that the newly discovered wrist bones supports claim that Homo floresiensis is a distinct species, rather than a deformed Homo sapiens.

The article offers information on the study conducted by Peter Brown which provides evidences on the argument that the hobbit of Flores Island was not the same species as modern humans.

The article reports on the archaeological findings on the tiny homonins (H. floresiensis) known as hobbits in the island of Flores through the discovery of stone flakes.