Are Human Beings in the Lord of the Rings?

"I did not even know there were human beings ind lord of the rings. But i'm taking your word for it." "Vigo mortenson is, it's just like, alik, remove everything else and it's still like a top tin action guy," he adds. 'If these people are te ells, these pely humans,' says actor Alex Jones in reference to character tom bombedill from the book. "[Jones] could be either like a homeless bum or god, or something in between'