When Were There Giants? |
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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 https://youtu.be/3knmAz6W4kA Visiting the Taung Child https://youtu.be/0mWOJ56_Et0 Rise of Prometheus https://youtu.be/86FvScE6ECA The muddle in the middle Pleistocene https://youtu.be/C1SsIT6CLYo Exploring the Fossil Hominid Vault at the University of the Witwatersrand https://youtu.be/Fgnlc03jN4E Introduction to Sterkfontein https://youtu.be/49Mycdc9Z7o Species concepts in Palaeoanthropology https://youtu.be/GWmtak1BGxo For more Wits research news http://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-new... For more Wits research videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... More Wits research stories in Wits’ research magazine, Curios.ty https://www.wits.ac.za/curiosity/ |