{"id":4933,"date":"2026-03-17T01:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/discovery-of-homo-floresiensis-nicknamed-the-hobbit-witness-history-podcast-bbc-world-service\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T01:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:47:47","slug":"discovery-of-homo-floresiensis-nicknamed-the-hobbit-witness-history-podcast-bbc-world-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/discovery-of-homo-floresiensis-nicknamed-the-hobbit-witness-history-podcast-bbc-world-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery of Homo floresiensis, nicknamed the &#8216;hobbit&#8217; &#8211; Witness History podcast, BBC World Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sVIfJXEqR7Q?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>In 2003, archaeologists in Indonesia discovered the skeleton of a previously unknown species of human &#8211; Homo floresiensis, or Flores man.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to our channel \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/bbc.in\/3VyyriM<\/p>\n<p>It was nicknamed the &#8216;hobbit&#8217;, named after the characters created by JRR Tolkien, because they were just over a metre in height. It&#8217;s thought they became extinct around 70,000 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Witness History&#8217;s Rachel Naylor spoke to Peter Brown, the Australian paleoanthropologist who identified it.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:20 Discovering the fossils<br \/>\n05:42 Uncovering a new species<br \/>\n10:43 Peter&#8217;s thoughts on the name &#8216;hobbit&#8217;<br \/>\n12:30 Disputes over the bones<br \/>\n14:21 What have we learned since?<br \/>\n16:12 Outro<\/p>\n<p>Click to watch more episodes of Witness History \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4cfahLaE406BWHwYkYHqB57<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nThis is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel.<br \/>\nIf you like what we do, you can also find us here:<br \/>\nInstagram \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nTwitter \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nFacebook \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/facebook.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nBBC World Service website \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/worldserviceradio<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching and subscribing!<br \/>\n#BBCWorldService #WorldService #prehistoric #paleontology #anthropology<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sVIfJXEqR7Q\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2003, archaeologists in Indonesia discovered the skeleton of a previously unknown species of human &#8211; Homo floresiensis, or Flores man. 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