The remains were discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores by an Australian-Indonesian team of archaeologists in 2003 . Archaeologist Mike Morwood and colleagues were looking for evidence of the original human migration of H. sapiens from Asia to Australia .
The specimens were discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores by a joint Australian-Indonesian team of archaeologists in 2003 looking for evidence of the original human migration of H. sapiens from Asia to Australia .