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RAZD
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Message 4 of 352 (130981)
08-06-2004 11:16 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by John Williams
08-06-2004 1:59 AM


John Williams writes:
Infact, They have. Tall skeletons were found in Jordan in the 1980's. These were, 7 foot plus.
rather than a film reference how about the article in an archeological journal reporting the find (or even one in Scientific American or Discover magazines), and the name of the archeologists involved?

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Message 24 of 352 (131559)
08-08-2004 9:36 AM
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08-08-2004 12:51 AM


Re: Tall individuals is one thing...
I believe there is archaeological evidence that humans at the end of the hunting\gathering stage (before agriculture) were in the height range of your skeletons. I asked for references to see where it would go. In many cases height is limited by diet: there has always been a trend for immigrant peoples to the US to have taller kids due to diet. One could argure that between 6 and 7 feet is 'normal' for well fed sapiens.
As to taller 'giants' you may want to look at some other sources. A book that has some ideas on the bases for some mythological creatures is:
The First Fossil Hunters (click) Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times
Adrienne Mayor - Princeton Univ Pr; (October 1, 2001)
She discusses Cyclops briefly - the book is mainly about the basis for griffins. A good read, imho.

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Message 26 of 352 (131684)
08-08-2004 5:59 PM
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08-08-2004 5:29 PM


Re: Tall individuals is one thing...
Adrianne posits just that with the addition that the small eye holes would have been missed in favour of the large nostril (trunk) opening and that this was the basis for cyclops.

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