[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Hobbits and House Elves

[Shaun Hately]

On 30 Oct 2004 at 2:26, susanmcgee48176 wrote:

> 
> 
> Well of course they were not human, they were precursors of homo 
> sapiens, a different precursor to the Neanderthal Human.
> 
> That said, I think this is totally cool news. The article I read said 
> that there were stories about them as late as the 1600s A.D.
> 
> Who said little people weren't real? And they had dragons, too!
> 
> Totally cool. 

Well, no, they're not precursors of Homo sapiens. They are a 
separate species on a separate evolutionary track to Homo sapiens - 
we're probably both descended from Homo erectus, but this new 
species was not a precursor to us.

And whether or not they were human depends on your definitions. The 
most common definition really is that any 'Homo' species is human, 
and currently that's where this new species is being placed.


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