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New Hominid Species Unearthed in Indonesia
Radical Rad writes "ABC News is reporting that anthropologists have found the skeletal remains of seven hobbit sized hominids. The population may have been wiped out by a volcanic activity 12000 years ago or according to local legend may have lived up until the 1500's living on in caves and eating food the villagers would leave out for them. Also found were bones of giant lizards and miniature elephants. CBS
also has the story." National Geographic and the BBC have good stories.
clearly there was evolutionary pressure to maintain the same size for all species on the island: giant lizards, pygmy elephants, and small humans.
I dig how they say "Hobbit sized" to capitailize on LOTR's popularity. In '83 they would have said "Ewok sized".
Sweet informative mod.
1. Is there sufficient DNA material at any of the dig sites to allow us to clone a hobbit?
2. Would they make good slaves?
Do daemons dream of electric sleep()?
everyone knows the world was created 6000 years ago.
jeez.
Guess Frodo, Bilbo and the remaining elves made a wrong turn on the way to the Grey Havens.
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Was a strange ring around it's neck, the scientist that found it was last quoted as saying "My Precious" over and over again
Their Frodo should never have tossed the ring into Mount Doom until they were further away.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Who knew the Shire was in Indonesia!?!? I thought it was in Brittain :)
William George
How can anything be hobbit sized? A hobbit is a fictional creature; it has never existed. Now a troll...
Well see, they were originally only out on a three-hour tour, so when their ship wrecked, they had no way of getting back because they hadn't packed the emergency supplies you would normally expect them to have.
Sure, they had one guy who could make a lot of crap out of coconuts, and they always had some celebrity guests drop in for some wacky hijinks, but they never could quite get off that island. Tragic story, really.
Maybe these tiny people have some kind of sickness (or just look tiny), and were therefore exiled from the main(is)land?
Maybe they just represent the Lollypop Guild.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
they just found some movie set litter from Peter Jackson and crew.
I think I know where this discussion is going.
GW Bush has declared a state of EMERGENCY over the finding of WMD in the 12,000 year old ash layer. While he is not sure of the threat level these 'hobbits' present, he has ordered pre-emptive military action to protect America.
Those nasty hominidses. We hates them!
DAMN YOU OCTODOG! DAMN YOU TO HELL!
Among the midget hominid remains in Indonesia, a gold ring was also discovered.
"Antropologists are perplexed as to how a ring found it's way into the hands of a species lacking basic metallurgy or fire. One scientist was quoted as saying 'The precious, er I mean artifact, is a remarkable lovely find. So bright, so beautiful...' He was later heard to remark 'mine, mine, get away!! Filthy little grad students!!'"
Peter Jackson was not available for comment.
Erotic is when you use a feather. Exotic is when you use the whole chicken.
Actually the real explanation, as we all know, is that the devil put those fossils there to lead us astray from the path of righteousness. Don't spout atheist evolution nonsense on here please.
Is Snow White's house anywhere nearby?
It's good to use your head, but not as a battering ram.
Evolutionary Tree Gets Bushier
Well, I suppose.... since they didn't have brazilian waxes back then...
What doesn't kill you only delays the inevitable
Okay, maybe I'm all alone on this...
ABSURDITY, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Snow White brought in for questioning related to 7 suspicious deaths. Details at 11.
eskwayrd = m^2c^4
Someone was always after their Lucky Charms.
Proverbs 21:19
neocons.
I've been wanting a 3ft tall hobbit wife with limited brain capacity...
Mod points are pointless when you browse at -1.
I think it looks more like evidence of Homo OompaLoompus
Other than that, it's a lovely place to visit.
... in Japan!
Oompa loompa doompety doo ...
I've got a perfect puzzle for you
Oompa loompa doompety dee
If you are wise you'll listen to me
Oompa loompa doompety da
If you're not greedy, you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa Doompety do
Doompety do
These were the ancestors of Willy Wonka's Oompa-Loompas, not Hobbits. And those other things weren't pygmy elephants, but Whangdoodles, beasts that fed on Oompa-Loompas (often preferring to eat 10 for breakfast).
(How far away is this from Christmas Island?)
"The idea of how they got there is still very much in the air."
They could FLY!?
Dewey, you fool! Your decimal system has played right into my hands!
7 of them in caves? Hmm, perhaps working?
try sleepy, bashful, dopey, sneezy...
Keep digging, you'll pull up a hot brunette.
There's nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
> I have seen functioning humans with heads the size of a grapefruit.
Yes, yes, we've all seen managers too.
Chris Mattern
"Grunka Lunka Dunkity Doo, we've got a friendly warning for you. Grunka Lunka Dunkity Dasis, the secret of Slurm's on a need-to-know basis."
"Grunka Lunka Dunkity Dingredient, you should not ask about the secret ingredient."
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
So they were pets, huh?
--- Ban humanity.
Of course they're dwarves - there were seven of them.
Uh, duh, the Unix epoch is January 1, 1970. Any universe before that would have required negative time(), which is clearly impossible.
maybe they look small cos they are so far away
I, for one, welcome our Komodo-dragon-eater pygmy overlords
I've done that in WarCraft II several times. No more damn trees to make a transport.
See, Bush wins.
"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
:-P
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie,
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."
Looks like they escaped Sauron but wound up in Indonesia.
May be the left the island, got to a bigger island, killed everyone that was there, then they slaved people from other even bigger islands and over the years became paranoid that all neighbouring islands wanted to destroy their way of life which they considered superior to all others, so they voted for the village idiot and invaded an island as far far away as they could find , this island happens to have lots coconut oil but this was just a coincidence.
May be after all this some of them realised what the had become and came back to their little island, to enjoy their little lifes and not bother anyone else...and there we found them.
The population may have been wiped out by a volcanic activity 12000 years ago or according to local legend may have lived up until the 1500's
Heh, so a random anthropologist walks up to a village..
"Look! Small people! I think they were wiped out a bazillion trillion years ago by lava. It was very climactic with lots of big explosions and a story that will make me very famous in America."
Villager: "Actually it happened in the 1500's when.."
"12000 whole years ago. Imagine that!"
"The people died because--"
"Hey! That was the NYT! They're posting the headline 'Genius Finds Species From Twelve Trillion Years ago' tomorrow! I guess they're off by a few zeroes but hey, we have some wiggle space."
"Our elders knew about a people who--"
"Actually let's just change it to twelve trillion. That's a fun number, don't you think? I love it! It's... Oh, right. What were you saying, Lowly Misinformed Local Person?"
"We have records. They say--"
"Hey, I just struck a deal to sell my new book 'Thirty-quadrillian Year Old Species Found in Indonesia'! I'm rich! I am a flowing river of cash! I'm a festering volcano of money! I am--"
"Are you even--"
"Hey! Get the Hell outta my way, kid, I'm off to show the United States that they were founded by rock formations millions of years ago, and not these stupid 'founding fathers' their mythological legendary myths say. Brady, finish off the interview with this guy."
I am NOT a number! I am a - oh wait, I'm number 761710. Look! 761710!
They should come check out my local DMV
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