[gleeaikin]

If the thigh bone was really that big, then it was unlikely to be an actual human giant, but from an extinct giant animal.

[SunkenCiv]

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.

[SunkenCiv]

Adrienne Mayor keyword, newest to oldest:

• Giant 7-Foot to 8-Foot Skeletons Uncovered in Ecuador Sent for Scientific Testing [2015]
• 2500-Year-Old 'Wonder Woman' Found on Vase [2015]
• Amazon Warriors Did Indeed Fight and Die Like Men [2014]
• How Ancient Greeks Named Their Puppies [2012]
• Why Do Dinosaur Skeletons Look So Weird? (a carcass in a watery grave) [2012]
• Archaeologists find 9,000-year-old rhino remains in Urals [2008]
• Sick Rams Used As Ancient Bioweapons [2007]
• Chinese villagers eat dinosaur bones [2007]
• New dinosaur found looking like dragon -- named after Harry Potter dragon [2006]
• Fossil of "Sphinx" discovered in NE China [2006]
• Tracking Myth to Geological Reality [2005]
• Research To Investigate Links Between Ancient Greeks And Modern Science Fiction [2005]
• Cyclops Myth Spurred by "One-Eyed" Fossils? [2004]
• Inner Mongolia Yields New Discoveries [2004]
• The great flood legends -- ancient misreadings of the fossil record? [2004]
• Bio Warfare Rears Its Head- The Ancient world USED IT!!!(MUST READ!) [2004]
• Bees, snakes, germs -- any weapon in a pinch [2003]
• Cyclops Myth Spurred by One-Eyed Fossils? [2003]
• 'Cyclops'-like remains found on Crete [2003]