Summary:
- The "hobbits," a small species of human called Homo floresiensis, may have gone extinct due to a severe drought that forced them to compete for resources with modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- The drought caused the hobbits' food sources to become scarce, leading them to venture out of their forest habitats and into areas where they encountered modern humans, who were better equipped to survive in the changing environment.
- The competition for limited resources between the two human species likely contributed to the eventual disappearance of the hobbits from the island of Flores in Indonesia, where their fossils have been found.