Re: Kris Hirst's page on Why Don't We Call Them Cro-Magnon Anymore? updated

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:49:33 -0800 (PST), in sci.archaeology, J.LyonLayden
wrote:

On Feb 12, 5:56 am, Doug Weller <dwel...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Seehttp://archaeology.about.com/od/earlymansites/a/cro_magnon.htm

Sorry, no giants there. :-)

Doug
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Nope just homo sapiens up to 6'4 and over with thicker bones and
larger brains than us. And natufian man was prolly only 5'4...

The highest figure she gives is 176.2 cm, and that's just over 5'9, no
where near 6'4. She doesn't mention Natufians, but I agree that they were
short, but there is nor reason to go beyond that to claim they were the
average height of HSS worldwide.

As I said, no giants there. I don't understand your attempt to make people
think otherwise.

And she also says
"The physical characteristics of Early Modern Human are quite similar to
modern humans, although perhaps a bit more robust, particularly seen in
femora--the leg bones. The differences, which are slight, have been
attributed to the shift away from long distance hunting strategies to
sedentism and agriculture."

Doug
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