# Arriving modern humans displaced or killed them.

> Disputed: Arriving modern humans displaced or killed them.

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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.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None 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 skeletal remains end about 60,000 years ago and the tools about 50,000, before modern humans are recorded…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/evidence/EVD0CZNMRNG3Q5H/the-skeletal-remains-end-about-60-000-years-ago-and-the)

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AGAINST

## 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)

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

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