Liang Bua represent a new distinct species that lived in relatively modern times. Sutikna, Smithsonian researcher Matt Tocheri, and other researchers announced that they conclude that the geological dating at Liang Bua became extinct around 50,000 years ago, which would be 10,000 years before Homo sapiens arrived in the region. Palaeofauna Homo floresiensis Stegodon florensis insularis, dwarfed stegodontid proboscidean Papagomys theodorverhoeveni, giant rat Papagomys armandvillei, giant rat Varanus komodoensis, giant varanid lizard Leptoptilos robustus, giant marabou stork References Further reading Brown, P.; Sutikna, T., Morwood, M. J., Soejono, R. P., Jatmiko, Wayhu Saptomo, E. & Rokus Awe Due (October 27, 2004). "A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia.". Nature, 431. . Morwood, M. J.; Soejono, R. P., Roberts, R. G., Sutikna, T., Turney, C. S. M., Westaway, K. E., Rink, W. J., Zhao, J.- X., van den Bergh, G. D., Rokus Awe Due, Hobbs, D. R., Moore, M. W., Bird, M. I. & Fifield, L. K. (October 27, 2004). "Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia.". Nature 431: 1087–1091. . Knepper, Gert M. (2019): Floresmens - Het leven van Theo Verhoeven, missionaris en archeoloog. (Boekscout, Soest, The Netherlands) (= Verhoeven's biography, in Dutch) Archaeological sites in Indonesia Cenozoic paleontological sites of Asia Caves of Indonesia Paleoanthropological sites Landforms of Flores Island (Indonesia) Prehistoric Indonesia