Is it like a hobbit in the 'Lord of the Rings'?

A recent scientific study affirmed the imaginative person of writer JRR Tolkien, the author of the 'Lord of the Rings' novel, which actually existed.

The debate between the scientific community about the origins of the newly discovered human "explosion" after the rest of the Homo floresiensis, first found in Flores Island, Indonesia in 2003. Homo floresiensis, also known as a hobbit, has a body and brain of half the size of a normal person, with a height of almost 1 m, weighs nearly 30 kg and can live on the island from 8,000 years ago.

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Like a hobbit in fantasy compared to the "Lord of the Rings" character.


Previously, scientists thought that, like 'mini' people in the same group as Pygmy dwarfs, lived in equatorial Africa. Their brain is small because of a disease that makes it impossible to grow normally.

However, according to recent findings, they are new breeds, becoming small due to the external conditions of the island. According to a study by Eleanor Weston and Adrian Lister of London's Museum of Natural History, their brains are small due to their isolation on the island.

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The brain of a small hobbit is isolated on the island.


Scientists claim that hobbits originate from prehistoric people, namely Homo erectus, who have become extinct.

Both Homo erectus and Homo sapiens originated from Homo ergaster, living 1.5 million years ago. The latest two studies show that Hobbit is the descendant of one of the above two species.

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The shinbone of a hobbit is like a modern person.


William Jungers' research group, Stony Brook University, New York, analyzed the footprint of a hobbit. According to some signs, their footprints are very similar to modern humans with larger big toes, and joints help the toes spread to 'shoulder' body weight. However, there are also some other characteristics, such as longer feet than modern people with chimpanzee-like long and curved toes.