discovered that these bones ranged from 18,000 to 38,000 years old. This suggests that these species at Liang Bua were alive during modern times and could have possibly shared this island with modern humans for approximately 30,000 years. Further research and findings In 2010 and 2011, archaeologists discovered two hominin teeth in the cave that did not come from Homo floresiensis. According to Sutikna, the teeth date to around 46,000 BP and Sutkina and his team speculate that the teeth are likely to have come from Homo sapiens. Sutikna proposed that Homo sapiens could have coexisted with the "hobbits" for thousands of years and he also proposed that Homo sapiens could have led to the extinction of Homo floresiensis. However, there is no evidence to indicate that and as of 2016 research was still being conducted to prove his hypothesis. In 2013, a 3D model of the cave created via laser scanning was made available online by the Smithsonian Institution. In 2016, scientists discovered a lower jaw and teeth from at least one adult and potentially two children in Mata Menge, about 70 km east of Liang Bua. These findings are dated to about 700,000 years BP and could possibly be an early form of Homo floresiensis. Additionally in 2016, Sutikna, Smithsonian researcher Matt Tocheri, and other researchers announced that they concluded that the skeletal remains at Liang Bua became extinct around 50,000 years ago, much earlier than many researchers had originally thought. In addition, archaeologists discovered stone tools in the cave that were used from 190,000 to 50,000 years BP. Disagreement There is continuing disagreement among scientists as to whether the discoveries represent a new and distinct hominid species. The disagreement stems from the abnormal size of the skeletal remains found in Liang Bua. At the time, many of the skeletal remains found before were significantly larger. As a result, many researchers doubted the skeletal remains found were actually a new hominid species. There are many different theories that researchers have created when trying to explain that the skeletal remains found do not represent a new hominid species. Many believe that it is more likely that the bones of the most complete individual found in Liang Bua (individual LB1) are those of a local person who was possibly suffering from a medical condition or a developmental disorder (perhaps Down syndrome) rather than a unique species of Homo that lived