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Little people big world
Humanity’s obsession with “little people” spans continents and centuries—from real hobbits to folklore neighbors. We explore why these stories persist, what science says, and what modern witnesses still claim to see.
Across myth, anthropology, and modern eyewitness accounts, humanity keeps stumbling on the same strange idea: that we share the planet with smaller versions of ourselves. In this episode, we trace that fascination from the discovery of Homo floresiensis—the real-life “hobbits” of Indonesia—to centuries of folklore about little people living just out of sight. From the Menehune of…
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