Thread:Dark dwarves 2/@comment-26453572-20160717171223/@comment-26453572-20160728040034

1. I haven't really thought it out that much, but unless such changes can occur in humans within at least 1,000 years, there's no real way for them to suddenly develop based on their region. If such dramatic changes can occur over that long amount of time, I will accept that I was wrong i that case (I will rather take the stance that they started out looking European, and developed based on the region they settled in).

2. You're right, it's not very well known how long it lasted, but the important part is how long the Elves and men were around. Most timelines online (really the only source available unless someone finds the original book with that timeline) indicate that from the awakening of men, the First Age ended a few hundred years after the awakening of men at the first rising of the sun. Elves were around for a few thousand years before the First Age ended, but it wasn't long after their awakening that they went to Valinor, and I'm pretty sure Tolkien would have mentioned it if their facial structure would completely change upon entering Valinor.

3. It kind of does matter what he'd believe, because I highly doubt he'd come up with a big creation story only to have some sort of evolution that actually occurred, especially if he doesn't believe in evolution (this, of course, assuming the more likely scenario where he didn't believe in it, based on the time he lived in).