“Hobbit Sized People”

When I first saw this report — “Scientists Find Ancient Hobbit-Sized People” — on ABC News, I thought it was a hoax. However, on an isolated Indonesian island, scientists have found remnants of seven individuals who are from a species of three-foot tall hominids who lived 18,000 years ago. These skeletons represent an entire species of miniature people whose existence overlapped with that of modern Homo sapiens.

Update: Carl Zimmer at The Loom describes the importance of this find.