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National Geographic, BBC, the local television station and sundry other news outlets are all reporting the discovery of the fossilized remains of a hobbit-sized “species of human” on an island in Indonesia (halfway between Australia and Asia). “Hobbit-sized” as in 1 meter (just over 3 feet) tall, or roughly the height of a three year old child. It’s a very entertaining story… apparently this group of small people has been “dated” to 12,000 yrs and shared their island home with a “a golden retriever-sized rat, giant tortoises and huge lizards - including Komodo dragons - and a pony-sized dwarf elephant called Stegodon” which they probably hunted. [Quoted from the BBC article.] So the “facts” as they have been reported:

• A total of 7 skeletons have been found, along with tools and animal bones.

• In addition to a small skeleton, they also had a small cranial space… meaning smaller brain.

• They lived in caves on an island populated by giant rodents and lizards.

• Local legend is peppered with stories of contact and interaction with these people — including the Dutch who explored the area in the last few hundred years — even though they apparently were dead for 12,000 years. (snickering from the sidelines)

• Hypothetically the species became smaller due to environmental conditions, apparently a well-known evolutionary process. Conditions such as a limited food supply, few predators and few species competing for food result in smaller humans.

Sounds just like a “made-for-tv” movie, doesn’t it? Exciting and wild! And that’s where this whole evolution thing falls apart:

• I live in an enclosed environment (my house).

• There is a limited food supply, few predators (aka spiders) and only one species competing for food (my cat). Yet I have not gotten smaller at all!

• … not to mention I think I interact almost daily with people with small cranial spaces, known as Rock people - perhaps because they live in caves?

Evolution debunked. It’s official. “-) I’d still like to see the movie though. Oh wait.. I did, all 3 parts. haha. The End. What’s that? You’re curious now, wondering where these people could have come from? Slashdot has the answer! Think “3-hour tour, weather started getting rough, tiny desert isle, 7 stranded castaways…” You get the drift. I love the quick humor on Slashdot. Always good for a daily laugh… but that’s another story.