Posted on 11/28/2015 7:30:28 AM PST by BenLurkin
Strikingly tall skeletons uncovered in the Ecuador and Peru Amazon region are undergoing examination in Germany, according to a research team headed by British anthropologist Russell Dement. Will these remains prove that a race of tall people existed hundreds of years ago deep in the Amazonian rainforest?
Since 2013, the team has reported finding half a dozen human skeletons dating to the early 1400s and the mid-1500s that measure between 7 feet and 8 feet (213 to 243 centimeters) in height.
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In late 2013, Dement received word that a skeleton had been uncovered by a Shuar local, approximately 70 miles (112 kilometers) from Cuenca, in Loja Province, Ecuador. Dement traveled to the site and recovered the rib cage and skull of a female which had been exposed by flooding. The bones were thought to date to 600 years ago. The rest of the skeleton was located and, once assembled, reportedly measured 7 feet and 4 inches (223.5 centimeters) in height.
This prompted the formation of a research team including four researchers from Freie Universität in Germany, and the assistance of Shuar locals. Funding was provided by the university for excavation and investigation.
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The burials were elaborate. Bodies were wrapped in leaves and buried in thick clay. This sealed the skeletons and protected against water intrusion, leaving the remains in fairly good condition.
Since the announcement of this discovery, several reports have vastly exaggerated the dimensions of the finds, with 7 feet reported as 7 meters (making them 23 feet tall). The bones have also been erroneously connected with hoax photos, as well as a reconstruction of an "Ecuador giant," which was a fake skeleton for a now-closed theme park in Switzerland.
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Thanks Pollster1. This is total nuttery, but that doesn't mean it won't make a nice GGG topic. ;')
Relatives of “Alice the Goon” from old Popeye cartoons..... BTTT !
I watched Attack of the 50 Foot Woman a couple of years ago. Her underwear miracuously grew with her. :<}
If the thigh bone was really that big, then it was unlikely to be an actual human giant, but from an extinct giant animal.
That scripture was the first thing I thought of too.
“Since the announcement of this discovery, several reports have vastly exaggerated the dimensions of the finds, with 7 feet reported as 7 meters (making them 23 feet tall). The bones have also been erroneously connected with hoax photos, as well as a reconstruction of an “Ecuador giant,” which was a fake skeleton for a now-closed theme park in Switzerland.”
Soooo... the research has been subjected to the standard journalism practices of the day, huh?
Wholeheartedly agree.
Also, there is no anthropologist by that name in the search results, apart from the exact quotes from copies of the article. This is National Enquirer type stuff, but without the credibility.
Here’s the image search for the various phony pics of the skeletons of giants getting excavated. The first one I ever saw was the one from Worth magazine.
No doubt they had some great basketball teams that could easily dunk without jumping.
Cyclops Myth Spurred by One-Eyed Fossils?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/839013/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1189188/posts
Yeah, but did she have big feet?
Zulu hunting party took a wrong turn? :-)
See post #1 on this thread
Yeah, I’d forgotten about the WWN. An acquaintance used to subscribe to that, said it was the only paper you could trust. Wotta sense of irony. ;’)
Wow! That armor piercing effect must have been disheartening to the Spanish force.
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