Have there ever been giants? News stories speak of whether there have been giants in the past. Prof. Berger has often been at the centre of this discussion based on his studies of hominid fossils from the Late Middle Pleistocene. In this lecture, Prof. Berger uses original fossils to explore the question “Is there any real fossil evidence for there having been giant humans in the past?”, and if so, why do some scientists get so agitated by this discussion?
To watch the previous lectures in the series go here:
The Context of Fossil Hominid Discoveries in Africa
Visiting the Taung Child
Rise of Prometheus
The muddle in the middle Pleistocene
Exploring the Fossil Hominid Vault at the University of the Witwatersrand
Introduction to Sterkfontein
Species concepts in Palaeoanthropology
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