For years, bioarcheologists speculated that Homo Floresiensis or "Hobbits" owe their tiny 60" stature to island minisculism, the theory that living on an island with limited resources causes species to breed down in size. However, shocking new evidence suggests otherwise.
Explorers on the remote Indonesian island of Flores, home of the dwarflike Hobbits and their possible descendants, the Ebu Gogo, have discovered the fossilized skeletons of giant rats. The largest of these weighed in at a hefty 11 lbs and were the size of dogs.
Burn and scrape marks on the 45,000 year old rat bones suggest that Flores Hobbits ate the rats, who roamed the island for thousands of years before going extinct.
Or did they?
You be the judge,
LSP
