Ep. 199: Giant Skeletons

In the mid 1800’s, giant human bones seemed to be turning up all across America, at the same time that many scholars and preachers were teaching that the Americas had once been inhabited by a race of prehistoric white giants. This week, Hannah tells Katy about this “fun” time in American history, and some of the skeletons that were unearthed. The mushy teenage girl brains do not go away (they’re talking about abnormally large bones… come on), but they do talk a little science, history, and just the right amount of tangents.So pour the drinks, dust off your paleontology books, and join us for this weird-ass tale!<br/><br/>Sources: <br/>https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/us/alabama-execution-nitrogen-what-we-know/index.html<br/>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology_and_racism#Mound_Builders<br/>https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2020/04/26/archaeology-saga-giant-mound-builders/1286127007/<br/>https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2020/12/27/column-newspapers-have-been-debunking-giant-hoaxes-long-time/3989156001/<br/>https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22954-gigantism<br/>https://web.archive.org/web/20091217020128/http://www.archaeology.org/0511/etc/giants.html<br/>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cardiff-giant-was-just-big-hoax-180965274/<br/>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L0EoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VwUGAAAAIBAJ&dq=there-can-be-no-question-about-the-genuineness-of-this-piece-of-statuary&pg=6491%2C6900187<br/>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Muldoon<br/>https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nagpra/compliance.htm<br/>https://allthatsinteresting.com/kandahar-giant<br/>@giants_of_ancientamerica on InstagramSupport the showFollow us @thetaleswetellpodcast on Facebook and Instagram, or thetaleswetellpodcast.com<br/>Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/thetaleswetellpodcast?<br/>Click here for merch!