Scientists are offering new insights into the characteristics and behavior of the hobbit-like human relatives found on Flores island. The hobbits may have stayed small due to slowed childhood growth, and their diet possibly included scavenged meat, including leftovers from Komodo dragons. The timing and circumstances of their disappearance are still unclear, with reports varying on when it occurred, and new fossil discoveries and studies are shedding more light on these ancient human relatives.