Knownforitsstrangefauna,theIndonesianislandofFloresmaynowhaveofferedtheworldthestrangestyet.Thehobbitwasanadultfemalenolargerthanathree-year-oldchildwithaskulllessthanone-thirdthesizeofamodernhuman's.
NOVApresentsexclusivecoverageofnewexcavationsthatwereundertakeninthesummerof2007atthesiteofLingBuaontheislandofFlores,Indonesia.Thesearethefirstinvestigationsofthecavesitesincethesensationaldiscoveryoftinyandbizarrehumanfossilbonesatthesitein2004.Nomorethan3feettallwhenfullygrown,thesetinyhumanssurvivedinthecavefortensofthousandsofyears,huntingthehugeandfierceKomododragonsthatroamedtheirremoteislandhome.InAlienfromEarth,NOVAexploresthelatestevidenceinafuriousscientificdebateonwhattheHobbitbonesrepresent.Aretheytheremainsofadwarfraceofmodernhumanssufferingfromastrangedisease?Oraretheytheuniqueandtantalizingtestamenttoapreviouslyunknownbranchofthehumanfamily?
