Characters in Lord of the Rings are much older than they appear, with Dwarves living up to 250 years and Hobbits reaching adulthood at 33. Frodo, played by Elijah Wood, was actually 50 years old ...
Now a new study suggests ancestors of the hobbits were even slightly shorter. “We did not expect that we would find smaller individuals from such an old site,” study co-author Yousuke Kaifu ...