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Answer · Homo floresiensis, the origin of the Flores "hobbits"

Arriving modern humans displaced or killed them.

Arriving modern humans displaced or killed them.

DisputedAnswers 1 questionPublished0

Where it stands

DisputedNone pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Overlap of modern human and H. floresiensis evidence on Flores.

What would rule it out

  • A gap between the last H. floresiensis and the first modern humans on Flores.

Evidence none for · 1 against

The questions it answers

Most likelyProgressive drying of the landscape, a collapse of Stegodon and competition for water and prey drove the…

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Arriving modern humans displaced or killed them. [Answer ANS0CZNMRDP2XKP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CZNMRDP2XKP
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