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Because they were smaller then current human beings and the recent release of The Lord of the Rings movies made it a natural connection. It is a tribute to JRR Tolkien that his creatures of imagination were used to name these fossils.
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What do you call people who study human fossils?
These scientists are called anthropologists.
What do you call a scientist who study dinosaurs and fossils?
A scientists who studies fossils, whether they are from dinosaurs or something else, is called a paleontologist.
What do scientists call the remains or imprints of a once living organisims?
They are called fossils you idiot.
In Lord of the Rings What do hobbits call mumakil?
Oliphaunts.
What did scientists call dinosaurs before 1824?
in china people found dinosaurs and thought they were the fossils of dragons
What continent do scientist call the origin of mankind?
The continent that scientists call the origin of mankind is Africa. This is as a result of finding some of the oldest human fossils in Africa.
What do we call the scientist who studies all types of fossils?
Scientists who study fossils are known as paleontologists.Scientists who study fossils are known as paleontologists. A paleontologist who studies dinosaurs may be a vertebrate paleontologist or a macro paleontologist.
What are scientists who study fossils?
Paleontologist.
What scientists who study fossils.?
Paleontologist.
Why have fossils been useful to scientists?
Fossils show scientists how the animals and plants of the past looked and gives them an idea of how they might have interacted.
Are fossils found?
fossils are found by scientists. some are even found in deserts
Why do scientists think the triceratops became extinct?
scientists found the fossils of triceratops
