The scientists who discovered the skeleton proving that a species of human dwarfs lived in Indonesia 18,000 years ago are to return to investigate claims that the species survived until modern times.
Researchers, who found a female skeleton of a new kind of early hominid on the Indonesian island of Flores named it Homo floresiensis - and nicknamed it "the hobbit".
They have gathered local tales that suggest villagers lived alongside the 3'-tall hominid until just two centuries ago, when the humans killed off their neighbours.
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