ye reap what ye sow.
Saltpetre,
My problem is that I'm forced to reap what some moron experts sowed !

If humanity became extinct some animals dependent on human intervention such as domestic cattle and sheep would also become extinct. Cats, dogs and goats would probably survive. Plants would insert themselves into crevices in human structures and in company with weather would eventually convert those structures to rubble. Some wild creatures and plants would also become extinct as extinctions have been going on since the beginning of life. However, the rate of extinction would be less than the rate caused by human dominion. The earth would be free from religion, ideology, nationalism, gods and similar inventions of the mind of man. Mothers, and sometimes fathers, of some species would care for their offspring. Animals of some species would continue to have social bonds. Given time, plastics would disintegrate. A species capable of language and abstract thought might or might not evolve. It might be a better world. Do you think it would be a better world if humans would disappear? I'm in favour of it but others first.

Canem Malum,

You are very close in your explanation on the reason the Flores Island 'hobbit' is small.

Apart from being small it also had unusually long feet. Just like the hobbits in Lord of the Rings. Hence the 'hobbit' of Flores Island.

The Flores Island hobbit is actually a Homo Erectus that somehow got to Flores during the height of the last glaciation and became small due to the island effect which results in large mammals becoming smaller and small ones becoming larger. A result of shortage of food in the former and lack of predators in the latter from what I understand.

Apart from being small it also had unusually long feet.
Mr Opinion,
You make that Flores Hobbit sound like a cross between a frog & starving Arts degree Academic. ;-)

individual,

Haw haw haw ........ You funny.

Mr Opinion said- Canem Malum, You are very close in your explanation on the reason the Flores Island 'hobbit' is small.

Answer-

I'm afraid the search engine needs to take the credit on this one- all I did was read and pick the relevant section from the article. But I appreciate your recognition Mr Opinion.

Is there any reason why "The Hobbit" had large feet?