It is now regarded as one of the most important anthropological finds ever a team of scientists discovered the bones of an entirely new species of human, one that stood only three feet tall. But did they go extinct An indigenous tribe on the Indonesian island of Flores, where the hobbit remains were discovered, have their own accounts of little wild men that climb trees and walk on two feet. They also describe them as cannibals. And according to their legend, they may never have died out at all. This is a story following a present day. Plot SummaryAdd Synopsis.