Not so sure about that. What the common theory now is that they are the result of island dwarfism. That would imply that they were very limited geographically - possibly confined to at the most a few islands. They'd have to be much more widespread for there to have been an impact on mythology.
> Larry Lyons wrote: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8036396.stm > > > > ... > > > > The one metre (3ft) tall, 30kg (65lbs) humans roamed the Indonesian > island of Flores, perhaps up to 8,000 years ago. > > My TIVO recorded the replay of the NOVA episode on this research, I > found it very interesting. The odd thought that popped into my head > when they talked about how recent our ancestors may have co-existed > with > these life forms was how this could provide a seed to the common myths > > around the world of 'little people' such as elves and|or hobbits as > they > can be called in Western European cultures. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296878 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
