Check out this link:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1027_041027_homo_floresiensis.html It's almost like Tolkien knew....they didn't just get quieter and better at hiding -- they went extinct!! Hobbits are real! Pygmy-people!! :-D The scientific name totally should be homo tolkiensis.
...I'm too hyper to go to sleep now.
"Oh, no, don't you keep your good love to yourself..."