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Tiny Humans: The Hobbits of Flores (2005x5)

Air date: Mar 13, 2005

In an extraordinary discovery that made front page headlines around the world, scientists uncovered evidence of a race of "hobbit-sized" prehistoric species on a remote Indonesian island. A full-grown adult would have been as tall as an average three-year-old child today. Most amazing of all, researchers believe this ancient race lived at the same time as modern humans, sharing the earth for at least 80,000 years. "Explorer - Tiny Humans: The Hobbits of Flores" delivers the world's first in-depth documentary of this groundbreaking find that could to rewrite the textbooks.