Strange Creatures: The Hobbit and the Real History of Humankind

A radical new history of humankind, in the wake of the paradigm-shattering discovery of the Hobbit, a strange relative that reshaped what it means to be human

In the cool depths of a cave on a remote Indonesian island, a team of archaeologists unearthed an astonishing discovery: the fossilized remains of a diminutive human relative, about the size of a toddler but, miraculously, fully grown. This remarkable fossil, soon to be dubbed “the Hobbit,” sparked an international uproar, challenging ...