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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I did too (search for Freie Universität). I tried to find some into on their Archaeology Dept. and Equador. No luck.
The first Lakers.
One of Cortez’s scouts wrote that he saw bones of giants; he described seeing a thigh bone that was as long as he was tall.
Hey Ma, They found uncle Joe.
WE'VE GOT TO SPEND BILLIONS TO PREVENT MAMKIND FROM SHRINKING IN STATURE! Since on average, Chinese are shorter than US, WE MUST GIVE THEM BILLIONS TO STOP THE SHRINKING!
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From Buffalo Bill’s autobiography:
” While we were in the sandhills, scouting the Niobrara country, the Pawnee Indians brought into camp some very large bones, one of which the surgeon of the expedition pronounced to be the thigh bone of a human being. The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people who long ago had lived in that country. They said these people were three times the size of a man of the present day, that they were so swift and strong that they could run by the side of a buffalo, and, taking the animal in one arm, could tear off a leg and eat it as they ran.
These giants, said the Indians, denied the existence of a Great Spirit. When they heard the thunder or saw the lightning, they laughed and declared that they were greater than either. This so displeased the Great Spirit that he caused a deluge. The water rose higher and higher till it drove these proud giants from the low grounds to the hills and thence to the mountains. At last even the mountaintops were submerged and the mammoth men were drowned.
After the flood subsided, the Great Spirit came to the conclusion that he had made men too large and powerful. He therefore corrected his mistake by creating a race of the size and strength of the men of the present day. This is the reason, the Indians told us, that the man of modern times is small and not like the giants of old. The story has been handed down among the Pawnees for generations, but what is its origin no man can say. “
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12740/12740-h/12740-h.htm
Correct! Occam's razor.
very interesting but when i search for Russell Dement not one mainstream site carries anything. Appropriate name if its a hoax, right? Dement aka demented.
Right. Seem to get lost in the news somehow.
Yet the evolutionists Lucy hoax still found its way into the Google logo this week. I guess the executives at Google are thankful for evolution even if their religious relics are a fraud.
Maybe for Christmas their logo will be the Nutcracker man, distant cousin to Lucy and Piltdown.
Paging Steve Quayle
“Results of the reported Freie University research are to be published a year from now according to Dement, who is said to be examining DNA samples from the Shuar communities near the excavation site to see if they connect with the skeletal remains from the ancient settlement.”
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We’ll see what journal accepts it for publication and peer review. Note: The article quoted was From an Ancient Origions (10/08/2015) article.
I seem to remember a black and white scifi movie about these folks, but it was only women. Ok movie buffs, help me out. LOL
Dead basketball players?
According to some US Indians, very tall people on that order were common at one time, and that Smith of the Smithsonian came and robbed all the burial grounds which had these very tall people in them.
Or in other words, gravity increased a slight amount making large animals impossible.
Or in other words, gravity increased a slight amount making large animals impossible.
Reports from the early Texas settlers of the Karankawa Indians that lived along the coast stated that they were much taller than average. Usually six and a half to seven foot tall.
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