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I don't know, Polynesians and Samoans seem plenty large to me.

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• Florin_Andrei 10y ago
  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.
  • aab0 10y ago
    They also have a very different food, cultural, and military environment than the isolated hobbits would.
• nordsieck 10y ago
  Polynesians and Samoans traveled between islands, often by rowing.