Anthropologist says Hobbits still in Indonesia

Tim Binnall (Coast to Coast, 4/27/22); Pat Macpherson, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Anthropologist argues that ancient "Hobbits" may still roam Indonesia

A "Hobbit" is a little human.

An anthropologist studying our ancient human ancestor Homo floresiensis argues that the diminutive beings affectionately dubbed "Hobbits," may still exist in Indonesia.

The idea is explored in a new book by Gregory Forth, who has spent nearly 40 years studying the island of Flores, where the remains of the mysterious archaic human was first unearthed in 2003.

The subject of considerable research by scientists attempting to fit the remarkable find into the human lineage, Homo floresiensis is believed to have died out around 50,000 years ago.

Scientific evidence of other human lines

However, anthropologist Forth argues that this may not be the case. Hobbits continue to reside on Flores. The basis for the anthropologist's hypothesis is a tantalizing set of reports from people on Flores. They claim to have encountered small, hair-covered bipedal beings in the forested areas of the island.

Over the course of his decades of anthropological fieldwork, Forth says he has collected about 30 of these cases. He had written about an "ape man" prior to the discovery of Homo floresiensis, which ultimately led him to conclude that the two beings were one and the same.

Perhaps the most detailed account uncovered by the anthropologist centers around an individual who claims he came into possession of the mysterious creature's corpse and that the remains are neither those of a human nor a monkey.

Quick, look! It's another hairless one!

Forth's hypothesis that an undiscovered primate resides on Flores sounds like the Sasquatch of the Americas (Bigfoot) and remarkably similar to the smaller Orang Pendek creature believed to be living somewhere in the unexplored jungles of Sumatra. More

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