Ancient drought may have wiped out the real-life hobbits 61,000 years ago

ScienceDaily
Feb 19, 2026, 1:15 am122 pts
A massive, centuries-long drought may have driven the extinction of the “hobbits” of Flores. Climate records preserved in cave formations show rainfall plummeted just as the small human species disappeared. At the same time, pygmy elephants they depended on declined sharply as rivers dried up. With food and…

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