Thread:Dark dwarves 2/@comment-26453572-20160717171223/@comment-26453572-20160725211929

I'm saying that perhaps they had that diversity upon their creation.

Following evolution, the odds of these changes happening to men within a few hundred years (the awakening of men to the end of the First Age) are very low, and Elves were alive for a few thousand years before the First Age ended. Even then, you forget that a devout, conservative Catholic wrote these book in the early 50's and before, and the Church didn't even acknowledge evolution until the year 1950.

Actually, The Silmarillion described them on their journey to Valinor, not just in Middle-earth (minus the Sindar, though they can be tied to thw Teleri to an extent). When I have access to the book, I'll dig up the quotes.