In 2003, on the island of Flores, fossils of a new small hominid dated between 74,000 and 13,000 years old were discovered, much to the surprise of the scientific community. This newly discovered hominid was named the "Flores Man", or "Homo florensis". This 3 foot tall hominid is thought to be a species descended from "Homo erectus" that reduced in size over thousands of years, through a well-known process called island dwarfism. Flores Man seems to have shared the island with modern "Homo sapiens" until only 12,000 years ago, when they became extinct. In 2010, stone tools were discovered on Flores, dating from 1 million years ago. These are the earliest remains implying human seafaring technology.