Sentence:  Although partial remains of other <WSD>Hobbits</WSD> have surfaced at the same site, they say it could have been an isolated colony of inbred people who shared the same genetic abnormalities. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An extinct species of hominin, "Homo floresiensis", with a short body and relatively small brain, fossils of which have been recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores.