{"id":11929,"date":"2022-01-30T06:18:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T06:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=11929"},"modified":"2022-01-30T12:17:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T12:17:20","slug":"are-the-skeletons-of-giants-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/are-the-skeletons-of-giants-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the skeletons of giants real?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Are the skeletons of giants real?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Are the images of giant skeletons real?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dx_b3CWc_Oc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the centuries, certain archaeologists have searched for fossil evidence of a race of giants. Alleged evidence includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The&nbsp;Giant of Castelnau: Estimated at 11 feet 6 inches (3.5&nbsp;m) tall. Discovered by the anthropologist Georges Vacher de Lapouge at the Bronze Age cemetery of Castelnau-le-Lez, France in the winter of 1890.<\/li><li>1894 press accounts mentioned a discovery of bones of human giants unearthed at a prehistoric cemetery at Montpellier, France. Skulls &#8220;28, 31, and 32 inches in circumference&#8221; were reported alongside other bones of gigantic proportions which indicated they belonged to a race of men &#8220;between 10 and 15 feet in height.&#8221; The bones were reportedly sent to the&nbsp;Paris Academy&nbsp;for further study.<\/li><li>The remains of the&nbsp;Si-Te-Cah&nbsp;or Sai&#8217;i, a legendary tribe of red-haired&nbsp;cannibalistic&nbsp;giants, which were allegedly found in 1911 by&nbsp;guano&nbsp;miners in Nevada&#8217;s&nbsp;Lovelock Cave.&nbsp;However, the size and nature of the fossil remains has been disputed by Adrienne Mayor in the book,&nbsp;<em>Fossil Legends of the First Americans<\/em>. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AGiant.jpg?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AGiant.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AGiant.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AGiant.jpg?resize=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AGiant.jpg?resize=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Adrienne Mayor&nbsp;writes about the Si-Te-Cah in her book&nbsp;<em>Legends of the First Americans<\/em>.  She suggests that the &#8216;giant&#8217; interpretation of the skeletons from Lovelock Cave and other dry caves in Nevada was started by entrepreneurs setting up tourist displays and that the skeletons themselves were of normal size. However, about a hundred miles north of Lovelock there are plentiful fossils of mammoths and cave bears, and their large limb bones could easily be thought to be those of giants by an untrained observer. She also discusses the reddish hair, pointing out that hair pigment is not stable after death and that various factors such as temperature, soil, etc. can turn ancient very dark hair rusty red or orange. Another explanation for the &#8216;giant&#8217; interpretation of the skeletons may also come from the fact that the first remains unearthed by the guano miners in 1911\u201312, those of a man, were described as &#8220;giant&#8221; in comparison to the much smaller apparently female skeletons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A written report by James H. Hart, the first of two miners to excavate the cave in the fall of 1911, recalls that in the north-central part of the cave, about four feet deep, &#8220;was a striking looking body of a man &#8216;six feet six inches tall.&#8217; His body was mummified and his hair distinctly red.&#8221; Unfortunately in the first year of mining, some of the human remains and artifacts were lost and destroyed. &#8220;The best specimen of the adult mummies was boiled and destroyed by a local fraternal lodge, which wanted the skeleton for initiation purposes.&#8221; Also, several of the fiber sandals found in the cave were remarkably large, and one reported at over 15&nbsp;inches (38&nbsp;cm) in length was said to be on display at the Nevada Historical Society&#8217;s museum in Reno in 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Paiute tradition asserts that the Si-Te-Cah people practiced cannibalism, and this may have had some basis in fact. During the 1924 excavation of the cave, a series of three human bones were found near the surface towards the mouth of the cave. &#8220;These had been split to extract the marrow, as animal bones were split, and probably indicate cannibalism during a famine&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>So what about the images you may have seen on Facebook?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong> Posts in a Facebook group for flat earth conspiracy theorists claim to show images of colossal human remains. Shared as alleged proof that gigantic humans once roamed the planet, these pictures have been altered and are part of an Internet hoax that has been around for more than 15 years.<br><\/strong><br> <\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/uk-factcheck-giant-skeletons-hoax-idUSKCN2AV20V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/uk-factcheck-giant-skeletons-hoax-idUSKCN2AV20V (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/uk-factcheck-giant-skeletons-hoax-idUSKCN2AV20V<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Basque legend:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Giants are rough but generally righteous characters of formidable strength living in the hills of the\u00a0Basque Country. Giants stand for the Basque people reluctant to convert to Christianity who decide to stick to the old lifestyle and customs in the forest. Sometimes they hold the secret of ancient techniques and wisdom unknown to the Christians, like in the legend of\u00a0San Martin Txiki, while their most outstanding feature is their strength. It follows that in many legends all over the Basque territory the giants are held accountable for the creation of many stone formations, hills and ages-old\u00a0megalithic\u00a0structures (dolmens, etc.), with similar explanations provided in different spots.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The World&#039;s Tallest Man: Robert Wadlow 8&#039;11&quot; aka the Alton Giant (1936) | British Path\u00e9\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5McWw03Ryrs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Are the skeletons of giants real?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Are the skeletons of giants real?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>Through the centuries, certain archaeologists have searched for fossil evidence of a race of giants. 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