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Originally Posted by lumberjim
good theory. but weren't neaderthals short? still...it almost makes sense.....Like in the book 'Childhood's End'
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neanderthals short? Yes and no. The great font of Wiki teaches:
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On average, Neanderthal males stood about 1.65 m tall (just under 5' 5") and were heavily built with robust bone structure. Females were about 1.53 to 1.57 m tall (about 5'–5'2").
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I sit corrected. Although, this is short by modern standards, but our ancestors 100,000 years ago were much shorter than we are now. So maybe Neanderthals were big, by old standards. Or, more likely, the fear of the image has increased it's size, or perhaps it was fearful to children ... or it refers to something other than Neanderthals (maybe merely strangers from a different clan?) ... or ... is it obvious that I am just making this up?
I'll drop the Neanderthals link, but some kind of semi-sleeping nightmare from sleep deprived people wandering about the bush, I find plausible.