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It's even better than that. The Hobbit is a shorter, simpler books. See here.

I thought the movie was an accurate view of the book, as can be seen here: http://lotrproject.com/blog/20...

Flores man is thought to have become small due to island dwarfism. But what sort of environment would select for the traits ascribed to Tolkien's hobbits and especially the apparent population explosion starting around the 26th century T.A. (10th century S.R.) as seen here?