Evidence of Greater Height in Humans of the Past

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Anatomically speaking, a 50 feet tall bi-pedal would not be able to survive long. It's very hard to keep your balance on two feet with that height, and if everything was proportional then with about weight of 1250 lbs. A simple tripping over a piece of rock would be enough to break 3-4 bones, unless they had very thick dinosaurs like skin

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Re: Evidence of Greater Height in Humans of the Past

This link explains it better since in humans high oxygen flows are toxic so it did not make sense to me that high oxygen concentration will favour growth.

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Yes. He was very tall. In the scene where he comes across his younger brother from another era Bhima, he simply grew and grew. Bhima looked puny in comparison.

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Average height is related to both food intake and the prevalence of disease in the population. Archaeologists can use fossils to calculate the height of individuals who lived in the past. The most useful bone for estimating height is the femur, or thighbone, which makes up one quarter of an individual’s height and is the longest bone in the human body. In 2011, the average American man measures 69.4 inches and the average woman 63.8 inches.

Early Humans

Archaeologists have used fossil evidence to piece together information about the earliest humans. Homo Heidelbergensis lived in Europe and Africa between 700,000 and 200,000 years ago; males stood at an average of 5 feet 9 inches, while females were shorter, with an average height of 5 feet 2 inches. Homo floresiensis, nicknamed “the hobbit,” lived in Asia between 95,000 and 17,000 years ago and was much shorter; evidence from a female skeleton suggests an average height of a little more than 3 feet. Neanderthals, man’s closest relative, lived in Europe and Asia between 200,000 and 28,000 years ago. Evidence suggests an average height of 5 feet 5 inches for males and 5 feet 1 inch for females. Scientists believe the short, stocky bodies of Neanderthals helped them stay warm, allowing them to survive the harsh Ice Ages.