Where do Hobbits come from

[The Saucepan Man]

Well, that certainly proves that little theory wrong, doesn't it Saucy?

So Hobbits just happened to ovelook the practicalities of footwear in their development? Hmm. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Despite being an evolutionist in terms of our own development, I see little scope for evolution in Middle-earth. We know from the Silmarillion that Men and Elves awoke in much the same form as they appear in LotR. As I have posted elsewhere on a similar thread, I just don't see any scope for the evolution of 6 foot plus Men into 3 to 4 foot Hobbits, with the addition of hairy feet, in the time between Men awakening and the first appearance of Hobbits.

No, a branch of Mankind they may be, but I believe that Hobbits awaoke just as we see them in the Hobbit and LotR.