

Sidestep: Giant Bollocks
No, we don't mean the British slang word for giant balls, although I'm sure they were... We mean the term bollocks as in 'nonsense' or...
IJ
May 20, 2023


208: The Romanian Giant
In 2013, the skeleton of a giant warrior dating back to 1600 BC was found in Santa Mare, Romania . Nicknamed ‘Goliath’, the warrior...
IJ
May 13, 2023


Sidestep: The Media and MoriOri
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-aotearoa-history-show/story/2018845378/season-2-ep-7-moriori This was on RadioNZ. It is well known...
IJ
May 6, 2023


207: Cold Weather Giants
In 2021 a study was released that suggested, correctly, that humans (and related hominins) who evolved in colder climates grew larger...
IJ
Apr 29, 2023


Sidestep: Why did Polynesians stop exploring around 1300AD
The answer is quite simple really. Climate change! Yes, n atural climate change. It is strange that no academic asks why suddenly...
IJ
Apr 22, 2023


206: The Pennsylvania Giant
This the earliest recorded instance of a giant skeleton - whether true or not. The date is almost 50 years before the newspapers ran...
IJ
Apr 15, 2023


Sidestep: Kojomkul - a living giant
Living in a small village in Kyrgyzstan, he was an extraordinary man and hero. Kaba Uluu Kojomkul, whose name means Koschomkul son of...
IJ
Apr 8, 2023


205: The Eureka Bones
In July, 1877, four prospectors were looking for gold and silver outcroppings in a desolate, hilly area near the head of Spring Valley,...
IJ
Apr 1, 2023


Sidestep: Claiming what isn't yours
Two ancient skeletons uncovered in 1976 on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, during construction at the home of a University of...
YM & IJ
Mar 25, 2023


204: An examination of a giant bones story in Missouri
This isn't the usual 1800s hoax-era story (some of which were true), this was from 1934... less than 90 years ago and in Missouri. ...
IJ
Mar 18, 2023