Major Races of Middle Earth vs "Real-life Earth"

[bandito]

Not Collectible related, but a Trivia of Tolkien's tale that can be correlated with actual Human's evolutionary history from 60 to 70k years back.

It's amazing Tolkien's tale can now be collaborated/collerated with Today's understanding of human evolution/history/scientific evidence now:

There were 5 Ho_mo species living together at approx 30k years ago:
1. Ho_mo sapiens
2. Ho_mo neanderthal
3. Ho_mo erectus
4. Ho_mo floresiensis
5. Denisovan

Correlation physiologically:
1. Ho_mo sapiens = The Age of Men ..... Humans/Men
2. Ho_mo neanderthal = Stocky, Strong, just a little shorter = Dwarf
3. Ho_mo erectus = Just as tall, grows fast, not as clever = Orcs
4. Ho_mo floresiensis = 1m in height = Hobbit
5. Denisovan = No one knows how they look like..... but they would not likely have blue eyes or blonde hair... (but with brown hair/skin/eyes)... = Elfs .... the only one out physiologically, I suppose.

Evolutionary...All 1,2,4, and 5 were derived from 3 though.... So Saruman should have said "All men, dwarfs and hobbits (& elfs) were once Orcs...."

There are scientific evidence H. sapiens bred with H. neanderthal (Human & Dwarf hybrid)..... and H. sapien with Denisovan (Human & Elf hybrid)

 

[Snakey Jones]

Some of the artistic interpretations I've seen of Denisovans make them look like a race if exotic super models, others just make them look like plain old cavemen.

Mind you, to a Neanderthal, or pretty much any of the other human species, us **** sapiens would be the elves; what with our highly neotenized, comparatively child like features.

They've blocked ho_mo? Really?

 

[bandito]

Some of the artistic interpretations I've seen of Denisovans make them look like a race if exotic super models, others just make them look like plain old cavemen.

Mind you, to a Neanderthal, or pretty much any of the other human species, us **** sapiens would be the elves; what with our highly neotenized, comparatively child like features.

They've blocked ho_mo? Really?

To be eleborate: Most scientists classifies the term human as any species under the genus Ho_mo... which includes Neanderthals.

 

[Snakey Jones]

To be eleborate: Most scientists classifies the term human as any species under the genus Ho_mo... which includes Neanderthals.

I wanted to use "subhuman" that felt mean , and probably isn't anymore scientifically accurate.