However, more extensive stratigraphic and chronological work has pushed the dating of the most recent evidence of its existence back to 50,000 years ago. This hominin was at first considered remarkable for its survival until relatively recent times, initially thought to be only 12,000 years ago. floresiensis is an early species of Homo, a sister species of Homo habilis. These remains have been the subject of intense research to determine whether they were diseased modern humans or a separate species a 2017 study concludes by phylogenetic analysis that H. Partial skeletons of at least nine individuals have been recovered, including one complete skull, referred to as 'LB1'. The remains of an individual who would have stood about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) in height were discovered in 2003 at Liang Bua on the island of Flores in Indonesia. Homo floresiensis (' Flores Man' nicknamed ' Hobbit' ) is a species of small archaic human that inhabited the island of Flores, Indonesia, until the arrival of modern humans about 50,000 years ago. Flores in Indonesia, shown highlighted in red

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