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Nature 437, 934-935 (13 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/437934a; Published online 12 October 2005

More evidence for hobbit unearthed as diggers are refused access to cave

Rex Dalton

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Excavations shed light on lifestyle of Homo floresiensis.

Even as researchers uncover more details about the ancient 'hobbit' people of Indonesia, they fear that they may never return to Liang Bua cave, where the crucial specimens were found in 2003."My guess is that we will not work at Liang Bua again, this year or any other year," says team leader Michael Morwood, an archaeologist at the University of New England in Armidale.

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