It was, perhaps, inevitable that Homo floresiensis, the one-metre=tall species of primitive human discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores, would come to be widely known as “hobbits”.
Tolkien estate bans reference to ‘hobbits’

It was, perhaps, inevitable that Homo floresiensis, the one-metre=tall species of primitive human discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores, would come to be widely known as “hobbits”.