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THE INDONESIAN island of Flores, made famous following the discovery of early humans likened to “hobbits” because of their size, is once again in the news following the discovery of stone tools, writes DICK AHLSTROM

The find pushes back the arrival of early humans there to at least one million years ago, and may help explain known animal extinctions on the island.