Posthuman Blues

Hobbit like humans show Indonesia was "middle earth"

The book details the existence of an ancient group of people, "a previously unsuspected, tiny species of human living on a remote island in east Indonesia, and overlapping considerably in time with us," and explains the modern day politics that have surrounded the breakthrough.

Imagine how shocking it would be to learn that we still coexist with a "tiny species of human." Moreover, imagine that they're every bit as smart as we are and quite determined to pass undetected.