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“Modern ‘experts’ firmly reject the idea that there have ever been entire races of giants, and are adamant that our distant ancestors were primitive apelike creatures much smaller than ourselves. Worldwide legends and traditions, on the other hand, assert that there were races of giants in days of old. Theosophy agrees, and says that just as many modern animal and plant species had giant ancestors, so did modern humans.1 Over the past few hundred years, humans have grown slightly taller, but the long-term trend, measured over millions of years, is towards a reduction in stature, with relative ‘dwarves’ and ‘giants’ probably existing in every age.

A surprising number of giant human skeletons have in fact been discovered, some of them reaching heights of 4.6 m (15 ft) or more. In many cases, the present whereabouts of the remains is unknown, and many details about the skeletons and the circumstances of their discovery are lacking, including indications as to their possible age. But to dismiss every such find out of hand as a delusion or hoax would seem to owe more to rank prejudice than to healthy scepticism.”


2 posted on 09/28/2008 1:29:29 PM PDT by Justice Department ("Comedy is allied to justice." Aristophenes)
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5 posted on 09/28/2008 1:32:34 PM PDT by Justice Department ("Comedy is allied to justice." Aristophenes)
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Evidently, we live in the era of “giant suckers”


13 posted on 09/28/2008 1:40:00 PM PDT by frankenMonkey (101st Airborne Army Dad)
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I recall mention of a race of Giants in the Bible.

There are those who would bury confirming evidence because it does not fit in with accepted theory.

Formal reconsideration of the theories upon which entire prestigious careers have been based might be an unacceptable proposition for some in academia.

27 posted on 09/28/2008 1:56:28 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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A surprising number of giant human skeletons have in fact been discovered, some of them reaching heights of 4.6 m (15 ft) or more. In many cases, the present whereabouts of the remains is unknown, and many details about the skeletons and the circumstances of their discovery are lacking, including indications as to their possible age. But to dismiss every such find out of hand as a delusion or hoax would seem to owe more to rank prejudice than to healthy scepticism.” [emphasis added]

I've yet to see one of these "giants," and I've studied a thousand or more archaeological skeletons in my career as an archaeologist in the western US.

I have yet to see any reports from my colleagues of such a find either.

Where's all the evidence?

42 posted on 09/28/2008 2:49:22 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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109 posted on 09/29/2008 8:51:46 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
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