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Giant human skeletons

Okay kiddo, so you know how we have bones in our body that help us stand up and move around? Well, sometimes archaeologists find these bones from really old people who were much, much bigger than we are today.

Now, when I say "giant" human skeletons, I don't mean like a giant monster. I mean humans who were taller and bigger than what we usually see today. These skeletons are sometimes found in old caves, tombs or other places where people used to live a long, long time ago.

Scientists think that these giants weren't actually that much bigger than us, but they were probably between 7 to 9 feet tall. And just like how some people are taller or shorter than others, these giants were probably just born with some special genes that made them taller than most people.

Now, there are some people who think that these giant skeletons prove that there were actually giant people walking around a long, long time ago on the earth. But most scientists believe that the giant skeletons were just really tall people, and there's no evidence to support the idea that there were real-life giants.

So, while it's cool to think about how big these people must have been, there's no need to worry about being squished by any real-life giants.
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