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Exclusive | Inside the Hobbit group chat Dominic Monaghan shares with his ‘Lord of the Rings’ co-stars

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Exclusive | Inside the Hobbit group chat Dominic Monaghan shares with his ‘Lord of the Rings’ co-stars

One chat to rule them all. Dominic Monaghan has offered a rare peek inside the private group chat he shares with his “Lord of the Rings” co-stars, and what the four Hobbits are actually texting about more than two decades after saving Middle-earth. Monaghan, who played the ever-loyal Merry Brandybuck in Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning trilogy, … Read more

Arm bone of small ‘hobbit’ human that lived hundreds of thousands of years ago discovered on Indonesian island

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Arm bone of small ‘hobbit’ human that lived hundreds of thousands of years ago discovered on Indonesian island

A recently found jawbone, arm bone fragment and teeth collected from an archaeological site in Indonesia revealed a diminutive ancestor of humans dubbed a “hobbit” who lived around 700,000 years ago.  The “hobbit,” named after J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, is believed to be even smaller than a previously discovered human “hobbit” descendant from 60,000 … Read more