[Alkhin]

Yes, they were known to be VERY tall. They used bear grease to fend off the mosquitos, and gained an unfounded reputation for being cannibals. The only report of that was from Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado who encountered them, but cannibalism is one of those things that can be very controversial.

[blam]

"If you have an anthro/archaeo ping list, please put me on it."

All our anthro/archaeo articles are archived at "Gods, Graves, Glyphs. This was set up by FReeper, 'Ernest_at_the_Beach'.

[blam]

"...but cannibalism is one of those things that can be very controversial."

Yup. Just ask Christy Turner at Arizona State University (ASU)