2007-03-25 02:47:20 · 3 answers · asked by ? 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
No.
There was a recently discovered species of near-humans whose adults were about the size of a modern 3-year-old child. The name given is 'Homo floresiensis' (because it was discovered on the island of Flores), and was described by many as resembling the Hobbit from the Tolkien novels. Unfortunately, the name "Hobbit" is used a lot in the press. The press also lists it as a "human ancestor" but it was probably not an ancestor, but a separate branch that lived at the same time as Homo sapiens, but went extinct.
Google Homo floresiensis for more information ... but see the link below from National Geographic.
2007-03-25 04:29:34 · answer #1 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No..a hobbit is an imaginary being created by J.R.R. Tolkien
2007-03-25 09:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by I_hope_I_know 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is an odd creat that an author made so that they would by his books.
2007-03-25 10:06:54 · answer #3 · answered by k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋