FACE OF A REAL HOBBIT
Daily Star|June 09, 2023
Boffins recreate caveman
JERRY LAWTON
FACE OF A REAL HOBBIT

MEET the "real-life Hobbit" that's been revealed for the first time.

Boffins created Homo floresiensis - an extinct species of human - from a skeleton dating back to the Stone Age, found in a cave in Indonesia in 2003.

The multinational team used data from modern humans and chimpanzees to produce the likeness.

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