Archaeologists made a discovery that unveils the mysterious origins of real-life hobbits

In 2004, archaeologists discovered the remains of an abnormally small hominin species. Now a team of researchers report in Nature that they've discovered the mysterious origins of this peculiar ancient human that's been nicknamed the "hobbit."

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[postcop]

It's just a deformed human. 700, 000 years ago it was more likely to have deformities in offspring due to increased inbreeding. There were likely more deformed people in the past then there are in the present, and even in the present we see many deformed individuals where the inbreeding rate is lower.

[donjuan]

What if 700, 000 years ago us the 5ftaliens fought the 3foot humans to colonize earth