Posted on 10/11/2005 12:06:23 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
DID BILBO REALLY EXIST? Remains of at least nine "hobbits" have been discovered, making it almost certain the 3ft-tall creatures really are a new species of human.
A year ago the world of science was stunned by the announcement that a hitherto unknown type of miniature human had been found on the Indonesian island of Flores.
The original fossils consisted of a single partial skeleton, including the skull, of a female who lived 18,000 years ago.
Stone tools, evidence of fire-making, and the bones of a dwarf elephant apparently hunted by the creature were also found.
The hominid, nicknamed "The Hobbit" after the little people in JRR Tolkein's Lord Of The Rings trilogy, was thought to be an entirely new species of human.
As well as being just 3ft tall, it had a grapefruit-sized brain about as large as a chimpanzee's.
The small head is controversial, because it contradicts theories that assume a large brain is necessary for intelligence.
(Excerpt) Read more at sky.com ...
~sigh~
Beetle?
www.jollydwarf.com
Well, they did have accents in the movie...
They are just ancestors of Robert Reich.
I have hairy feet. I could be part hobbit.
Now we know where Dennis Kucinich came from.
Don't these people know about "shrinkage"?
Frodo lives! ;o)
You think Tolkien knew something we didn't? ;o)
Hmmmmm!
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