It started with the astonishing discovery of two diminutive “hobbit” populations—Homo floresiensis in Indonesia in 2003 and Homo luzonensis in the Philippines in 2019. But the focus has now ...

The new species, Homo luzonensis, is named after Luzon Island, where the more than 50,000 year old fossils were found during excavations at Callao Cave. Co-author and a lead member of the team ...