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Presenter: Welcome to “Prehistoric journeys”. Todays programme is about one of the most astonishing discoveries in archaeology in half a century — perhaps the most exciting in the search for other human species in history. Scientists have actually found the bones of a creature that seems to be a tiny species of hu-man. No larger than (1) ... (6 words , these little humans lived with pygmy elephants and Komodo dragons on a remote island in Indonesia 18,000 years ago. Our guest, Richard Roberts, an archaeologist at the University of Wollongong, Australia, and one of the lucky participants of the research team, has agreed to answer my questions about this impressive discovery. Welcome to the programme, Richard!

Richard Roberts: Hello, it’s a pleasure to be here.

Presenter: Could you tell us then, what exactly was found on the expedition?

Richard Roberts: Well, as you’ve mentioned, we Australian and also Indonesian researchers have discovered the actual skeleton of a miniature human and some (2) ... (2 words) in a cave on Flores, an island (3 ... (4 words . This little human we’ve called the “hobbit” (CG) because her structure reminded us of the creatures from the Lord of the Rings books. Her original skeleton stood at just 1 meter tall and weighed about 25 kilograms. She was around 30 years old at the time of her death which occurred 18,000 years ago. This tiny female “hobbit” was found in the same area

on Flores that contained (4) ... (2 words) of dwarf elephants, giant rodents, and even huge lizards called Komodo dragons.

Presenter: That’s really fascinating! So what did these “hobbits” actually look like?

Richard Roberts: From what we can tell, they were about the size of a three-year-old child, but with a skull only one-third as large. They had (5) ... (4 words) but a more narrow forehead, thicker eyebrows and no chin.

Presenter: Not very attractive according to modern standards, were they? Can scientists say anything about their way of life?

Richard Roberts: Certainly. While they might not look like modern people, some of their behaviours was surprisingly human. These little people of Flores (6) ... (4 words) and hunted animals, particularly the stegodon. This primitive dwarf elephant could be found on the island at that time and, although small, was still quite heavy at 1,000 kilograms. For the tiny “hobbit” hunter, this beast would have been a challenge so they also included in their diet: fish, frogs, snakes, tortoises, birds, and rodents.

Presenter: I wonder how and why the “hobbits” came to be so small. Have you got any explanations for this?

Richard Roberts: When scientists discovered the tiny skeleton, they thought it was (7) ... (6 words . At the time, there was no record of human adults that were that small. Modem

Pygmies are considerably taller, at about 1.4 to 1.5 meters tall. The most likely explanation is that, over thousands of years, the species became smaller because the environmental conditions of the island favoured (8) ... (3 words . Islands provide only a limited food supply and the few species that live there are competing for the same territory. Survival would then depend on (9) ... (4 words . But there is no absolute proof that this is what in fact happened with this small human.

Presenter: And my last question for todays programme: Could you tell us why this discovery is so important?

Richard Roberts: These “hobbits" were nobody’s fool. They survived alongside us for at least

30,0 years. However different they were from us, they were still managing some extraordinary things and all with a brain size only one-third the size of ours. They were not only producing sophisticated stone tools and hunting pygmy elephants, but they were also (10) ... (3 words) to reach their island from mainland Asia. They, in fact, present an intriguing problem in evolutionary biology. I could not have predicted such a discovery in a million years. This find shows us how much we still have to learn about human evolution.