Here is a copy of a map that shows the evolution and dispersal of humans that has been updated to include Homo Floresiensis courtesy of Nature.

You will note that current thinking is that this hobbit like individual evolved from Homo Erectus branching off from the path that lead to Homo Sapiens approximately one million years ago.
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