But these discoveries are perhaps enough to make us think twice about what we even mean to ask when we ask whether hobbits (or elves or dwarves or Neanderthals) are human. floresiensis DNA to test for interbreeding. Existing methods haven’t allowed for the recovery of H. There’s even a group of very small, relatively recent hominids classified as Homo floresiensis and nicknamed hobbits. Recent paleontological research indicates that there was substantial cross-breeding between our species and Neanderthals as well as with the recently discovered Denisovans. Modern DNA sequencing technology does allow us to answer related questions about our closest real relatives (unfortunately, all long-lost). On the other hand, perhaps the existence of occasional half-elvish children is a magical phenomenon, and despite the even closer human-hobbit genetic relationship, no interbreeding is possible under natural conditions.
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