# Amazing new "hobbit" find **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174 "2010-01-31T23:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/1 "2010-01-31T23:23:35Z")
The Homo Floresiensis hobbits, that is. Archaeologists nicknamed the fossils “hobbits” because they were short. Turns out they’ve got much more in common- it’s outright eerie. > [@](#): > > “The coincidence is astonishing, and the impact on our understanding of the hominid family tree is immense”, De Santos says. “I can’t see how anyone can maintain [that H floresiensis isn’t a separate species] in the light of this finding.” [Link to hobbity hobbits](http://www.flickr.com/photos/9624983@N05/4319540495/sizes/l/) ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/2 "2010-01-31T23:25:09Z")
Is there an article? You only linked to a picture. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/3 "2010-01-31T23:28:58Z")
Ahem… look more closely. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/4 "2010-02-01T00:10:50Z")
What a precious picture! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/5 "2010-02-01T00:17:36Z")
You guys don’t have enough to do. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/6 "2010-02-01T00:18:39Z")
Ah, took a minute but I got it. Good one! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/7 "2010-02-01T00:23:07Z")
Very clever. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/8 "2010-02-01T00:33:57Z")
It doesn’t \*settle \*the matter of whose humor is more nerdy (Tolkien fans or archæeologists), but it certainly brings the question back to the forefront… ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/9 "2010-02-01T00:41:17Z")
Adorable indeed! ---
**Author:** ![dragoncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@dragoncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragoncat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/10 "2010-02-01T01:11:48Z")
Beautiful. Wish I’d a had that pic when I taught anthropology. However … I’m sure everyone else on here is thinking the same thing I’m thinking so I won’t even say it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-new-hobbit-find/527174/11 "2010-02-01T01:20:19Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Archaeologists nicknamed the fossils “hobbits” because they were short. Turns out they’ve got much more in common- it’s outright eerie. Besides small size, there’s another coincidence. Hobbits had extraordinarily [long feet,](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-foot-that-may-prove-hobbits-existed-1680405.html) in fact longer than any other member of our branch of the primate tree.