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Re:Why Do Islands Induce Dwarfism? by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @02:45PM (#11948283)
Yes, but they've been living there for only a few hundred years, or a couple thousand at most. The article was referring to populations living in island environments for much longer durations.
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Re:Why Do Islands Induce Dwarfism? by aab0 on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @03:25PM (#11948678)
They also have a very different food, cultural, and military environment than the isolated hobbits would.
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