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Earliest Evidence of Gigantism-Like Disease Found in 3,800-Year-Old California Skeleton
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| March 24, 2014
| Blake de Pastino
Posted on 04/01/2014 4:28:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The skull of the man found in the site known as Burial 37 bears the distinct marks of acromegaly, new research finds. The black arrow indicates where the mans right eye tooth erupted just below his nose. (Photo by Eric Bartelink/Phoebe Hearst Museum)
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:28:34 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:28:58 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
To: SunkenCiv
Genetic Abnormality or Nephilium survivor?
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:29:40 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: SunkenCiv
Have they notified Kerry yet that they had found his ancestor? Any evidence the he was also involved in a Asian land war. or relics like heart shaped purple stones?
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:32:59 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: GraceG
That’s what I’m wondering.
To: SunkenCiv
The black arrow indicates where the mans right eye tooth erupted just below his nose. That had to hurt like hell. I wonder if there are any other animals that so typically have dental issues?
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:33:51 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: GraceG
Acromegaly still occurs, although rarely. It is not simply an ancient condition; and the hormonal imbalances causing it are well known.
To: SunkenCiv
I was kind of hoping they’d give his height. I’m sure from the skeleton they could ascertain it.
When I read I Claudius he mentioned there was an island with a man who was 11 feet tall on it. He said the man was very thin and weak but the accounts I have read when they mention gigantism never mention anyone growing to this extraordinary height in those days.
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:34:18 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: SunkenCiv
SF Giants coulda used him.
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:36:15 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: Beowulf9
It would interesting to see if that was from an ancient source, or something Robert Graves cooked up for fun.
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:39:43 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
To: GraceG
Genetic Abnormality or Nephilim survivor?That is exactly what I was wondering.
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:39:46 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: SunkenCiv
The man was part of a hunter-gatherer culture known as the Windmiller, one of the earliest sedentary societies in the Central Valley, usually identified by its distinct burial practices, Bartelink said.
3800 years ago? That is old. I had never heard of the "Windmiller" man.
The Kennewick man (Caucasian, not Asian) was thought to be the first homo sapiens sapiens in the new world. They hunted the giant mastodons.
Learn something new every day.
To: SunkenCiv
Looks like he was killed by a blow to the head.
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:39:59 PM PDT
by
Varda
To: SunkenCiv
Si-Te-Cah! The legends are true!
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:42:06 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Liberalism: Kills countries dead.)
To: cloudmountain
I’m just glad they were able to study it.
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:42:15 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
To: Beowulf9
The article says that he was 5’5”. He had acromegaly, not gigantism.
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:45:33 PM PDT
by
Marie
(When are they going to take back Obama's peace prize?)
To: cloudmountain
Kennewick wasn’t caucasion, that was a misidentification by someone who didn’t know he was dealing with a very old skeleton. This skeleton is about 4000 years younger.
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:48:31 PM PDT
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Varda
To: Mark17
I wonder what the sutures look like.
To: Flag_This
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:54:56 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
To: Varda
Could also be from the shovel when the skull was dug up.
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posted on
04/01/2014 4:58:50 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
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