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Re: More Giants
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:05 pm
by Minimalist
"The forehead is typically a prominent one, bordered below by fairly prominent brow ridges....The characteristic bulge of the upper and lower jaws (alveolar prognathism) is moderate in projection...Usually the cheek bones are not only of large size in themselves but they have a forward and lateral prominence..."
Sounds like Marfan Syndrome - a hereditary disease....including this famous sufferer.
Re: More Giants
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 5:02 pm
by kbs2244
Interesting!
Did Lincoln have two rows of teeth?
Re: More Giants
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:25 pm
by Minimalist
I don't know... but dental problems are common in Marfan's and not every symptom exhibits in every case.
You should read up on it. Maybe you'd be less likely to fall for every quack who comes along?
Re: More Giants
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:12 am
by uniface
Smithsonian scientists identified at least 17 skeletons that stood at over seven feet in their annual reports, including one example that was 8 feet tall, and a skull with a 36-inch circumference reported from Anna, Illinois in the Smithsonian Annual Report of 1873, (an average human skull is about 20 inches in circumference).
http://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplai ... ica-005196
Re: More Giants
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:45 pm
by uniface