http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science....ap/index.html

well at least 18,000 years ago. :D

Heh, I th9ought somebody found Poo's picture on Stealthy's. :D
http://groups.msn.com/StealthysSite/...o&PhotoID=1394

Oh, wow, that certianly is interesting! maybe they'll find elves next ^^ oh i sure hope they do, but doesn;t it make you think, maybe what tolken and all the other fantasy writers arn';t just writing about things that they just thought of, maybe all their writings have some fact in them, that isn;'t known by society, and is considered fiction ^^, just think, it's an interesting thing to wonder ^^

That's very very interesting. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Now I have some proof to show my brother. He is always telling me that fantasy things (elves, hobbits, dragons, unicorns, ect.) don't exist, but I always tell him they are just extinct, like the dinosaurs. ;)

I was told Tolkien was living one street away from my house here in leeds6 when he wrote the draft LOTR.He was teaching English @ LeedsUniversity (1922-1929?) and he lived here in leeds6 where I grew up. He once said that the blackened industrial Mills and ancient black-spired churches here in Leeds inspired him to write about a place called Mordor.I was told he sat next to my local church (All Souls) and saw the shadowy towers + the idea for Mordor struck him.I don't if I should be proud that my neighbourhood is the inspiration for Mordor! lol. There's certainly not many hobbits around here these days.I think the drug-dealers have scared them all away.
I think the idea for hobbits came from Tolkiens love of the english hedgerows,the wild trees and bushes that were commonplace in England until Industry started expanding.Thats the gist of it, rural people have always believed in little people inhabiting the hedgerows,and Tolkien saw industrial cities like Leeds expanding and destroying the wild woods and hedges + the 'little people' who live in them.Hence Mordor vs. hobbits.
Thats one theory,some people think all his work is related to his experinces in WW1,but I don't believe that for an instant.

Wow, that's very interesting, valknova. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

I heard that Middle Earth is actually set on this planet. Aragorn's blood descends from a race of Numenoreans from "Numenor"... This Numenor is somehow related to the lost city of Atlantis - I forgot how, though. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Very interesting article as well - I can't believe that's true! It's so cool!! :D

Anyone know where this island of 'Flores' is, anyway? I didn't see it mention whereabouts on the globe it is located.

"AP) -- In a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island..." :D

There are still hobbits in the world, living among us. ;)

I wonder if they will find a Gollum tool ;)