Evolution. Homo floresiensis - the most recent living human relative. Back to Don's Maps Back to Archaeological Sites Homo floresiensis was a one metre tall, human-like creature living and using tools in Indonesia just 18 000 years ago and was a distinct species, not just a malformed modern human. The so-called hobbit had wrist bones almost identical to those found in early hominins and modern chimpanzees, and so must have diverged from the human lineage well before modern humans and Neanderthals arose. Liang Bua is a limestone cave on Flores, in eastern Indonesia, in which Homo floresiensis skeletons were found. Photo: Rosino, 2007.09.2007, Creative Commons Share-alike license. Human Evolution Timeline Interactive. Hall of Human Origins - Interactive: Meet the Relatives.