hobbits

Puttering around making fireworks for hobbits is more my sort of thing.

mrissa: Mostly I am more vivid than this by a long shot. mrissa 2010

Puttering around making fireworks for hobbits is more my sort of thing.

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway tiger_spot 2010

When the Olsen's got a little older and started forming into actual humans, maybe around the age of 14 or so, the world could see that with the right amount of body and face altering plastic surgery, the two twin hobbits might actually turn into something that doesn't make you want to cram a chopstick down your esophagus.

Archive 2007-06-01 2007

These little people - dubbed "hobbits" - lived on this island for at least 70,000 years.

NPR Topics: News 2011

Although no bigger than its modern-day relatives, this 6-foot stork would have towered over the tiny Flores "hobbits" - a strange lineage of humans that became dwarfed during their tenure on the island.

Wired Top Stories Brian Switek 2011

The humans—best known from a partial female skeleton dubbed Homo floresiensis —became affectionately known as hobbits for their small size and big feet.

Bones That Tell a Tale Brian Switek 2011

The stubby big toe of the hobbits is another primitive, chimp-like trait.

‘Hobbits’ Couldn’t Hustle | Impact Lab 2009

"So the evidence backs the idea that the hobbits were an insular dwarf race - humans who became smaller, possibly after the island separated from the mainland and left them marooned with diminished food resources."

Archive 2007-04-01 2007

Sept. 21, 1937: The world is introduced to short, furry creatures called hobbits when an Oxford professor named J.R.R. Tolkien publishes a book based on a story he made up for his children.

September 2007 2007

Sept. 21, 1937: The world is introduced to short, furry creatures called hobbits when an Oxford professor named J.R.R. Tolkien publishes a book based on a story he made up for his children.

That Was Made Up? 2007