But the Bible HAS explicit references to “giants” ....
And Neanderthals were co-habiting the ancient Mideast with our Cro-Mag ancestors. 8<)
Besides, the Bible DOES get AEVERY step of evolution exactly right - the time intervals are a small part of the whole story - but EVERY step from the Big Bang through stellar formation and the clearing of the skies with plant growth through evolution and geology and continental drift is very clearly written down.
6000 years before “science” finally got it right. 8<)
Neanderthals weren’t giants. A tall one would be 5-10 or 6’, but even a normal Neanderthal male at 5-9 could easily weigh 320 lbs without any fat on him. They had the same 6” Ice-Age fur coat as every other Ice-Age animal, huge eyes, big teeth, mean dispositions, killed megafauna with thrusting spears, and if anybody in Genesis had ever seen one of them, Genesis would say something about it. There is no possibility of anybody ever encountering one of those guys and not noticing it.