# Progressive drying of the landscape, a collapse of Stegodon and competition for water and prey drove the…

> Most likely: Progressive drying of the landscape, a collapse of Stegodon and competition for water and prey drove the species from Liang Bua.

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# Progressive drying of the landscape, a collapse of Stegodon and competition for water and prey drove the…

Progressive drying of the landscape, a collapse of Stegodon and competition for water and prey drove the species from Liang Bua.

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## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Rainfall and Stegodon decline coincide with the last H. floresiensis evidence.

## What would rule it out

- H. floresiensis evidence persisting well after the drought at Liang Bua or nearby.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Summer rainfall reached a record low at 61,000-55,000 years ago as Stegodon declined.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/evidence/EVD0CZNMR5W4WKS/summer-rainfall-reached-a-record-low-at-61-000-55-000-years)

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## The questions it answers

[Why did Homo floresiensis disappear from Liang Bua about 60,000-50,000 years ago?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/questions/QST0CZNMJAC4D6J/why-did-homo-floresiensis-disappear-from-liang-bua-about-60)

Part of [Is Homo floresiensis a distinct species, or are the Liang Bua remains pathological modern humans?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/questions/QST0CZNMJ2J1C0W/is-homo-floresiensis-a-distinct-species-or-are-the-liang-bua)

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