Imfihlo yomncintiswano wama-giant: ngubani ofihliwe ososayensi baseMelika nase-Australia?

Izithombe eziqinisekisa ukukhona komncintiswano wama-giants ziye zanyatheliswa!

Cishe zonke izizwe ezikhona kuze kube yilolu suku, zikhona izinkolelo zama-giants. Endaweni ethile ababeyilingana nayo noNkulunkulu futhi bakhuleka kubo, endaweni ethile abantu abavamile babehlala ngokuthula nabo futhi babuza amaGiants ukuthi abasize ekuqothulweni kwezitha .... Imibhalo mayelana nama-giant ingase ibonakale njengenganekwane, kodwa ithole isiqiniseko sangempela sesayensi!

Imiphakathi endala kunazo zonke zomhlaba yayingacabangi njengama-giants njengengavamile. Zitholakala ngisho naseBhayibhelini. Incwadi kaGenesise ithi: "Ngaleso sikhathi kwakukhona iziqhwaga emhlabeni, ikakhulukazi kusukela esikhathini lapho amadodana kaNkulunkulu eqala ukungena kuwo amadodakazi abantu, aqala ukuzala: aqinile, abantu abakhazimulayo," kusho incwadi kaGenesise. UGoliath, owangena empini noDavid, wayengaphezu kwamamitha amathathu ukuphakama. I-Greece yasendulo yayikhiwe yi-titans, kamuva eqhutshwa i-Olympus.

Labo abangenayo ngokwanele yalezi maqiniso kufanele bahlolisise imisebenzi yama-historians aseRoma namaGreki: isibonelo, ngemisebenzi kaPliny, igcwaliswe ngo-AD 77, lapho kutholakala khona ukutholakala kwakhe ekuthunjweni kwamathambo amakhulu. Umlando wabantu baseMeya ufihla imfihlo ye-giant Kabrakan, okuhunyushwa ngokuthi "ukuzamazama komhlaba." Wayengashukumisa izintaba, ezesabisa abantu abavamile. Bakhetha ukungcolisa u-superman ukuze abhekane nengozi. Amakhokithi aseTibet agcina amarekhodi amathuna abantu abangu-18 ngaphansi kweKalas, abasesimweni se-coma.

Ama-giant ayengabantu abanobungane: basiza abantu ekuvikeleni izindawo zabo zokuhlala nokudala izakhiwo lapho abantu abangenele khona. Ukwakhiwa kwezakhiwo zabo eziqhakazile kakhulu zithempelini likaTiwanaku eBolivia kanye nesakhiwo esiyinkimbinkimbi yezithombe zamatshe esiqhingini se-Easter. Njengamanje, sekutholiwe izithombe ezingaphezu kuka-900, ukwakhiwa okungu-1250-1500 iminyaka. Izithombe ezinkulu kunawo wonke zilinganisa amathani angu-86, ukuphakama kwawo konke kungamamitha angu-50, okuyi-9 kuphela engaphezulu kwezwe. Ingabe lokhu kusho ukuthi ama-giant ahlala eNkathini Ephakathi, kodwa le nto ifihla zonke izincwadi ezishicilelwe emlandweni?

Impendulo yalo mbuzo ayiyona into ephawulekayo. Yebo, yebo. Ngonyaka owodwa owedlule iNkantolo Ephakeme yase-USA yanquma ukuphoqelela i-Smithsonian Institution ukuba ishicilele amadokhumende ahlukanisiwe ekuqaleni kwawo-1900. Bagcina imininingwane eyimfihlo eqinisekisa ukuthi ososayensi bahlanganyele ekugxotsheni okukhulu ukufihla ubufakazi mayelana nenye yezinkambo. Bathola amashumi ezinkulungwane zamathambo abantu ngokukhula okumangalisa kanye nezinyathelo ezinkulu, kodwa izikhulu eziphakeme zibaphoqa ukuba zithule. Abalondolozi bemfihlo babethule futhi, kuze kube yilapho ubuholi obusha baseMelika bengenelela emsebenzini we-Smithsonian Institution.

Isikhathi senkantolo senze imiphumela emibi kakhulu: kwavela ukuthi lesi sikhungo sabhubhisa wonke amathambo afunyenwe, ukuze kungabikho muntu olingwa ukutshela abezindaba ngabo. Ukusungulwa ngomlando weminyaka engu-168 besaba idumela layo, okungaholela ekungabazeni ngamathambo angajwayelekile angamamitha angu-3.6 ukuphakama. "Kuyingozi ukuthi abantu bakwenze lokhu kuwe. Sifihla iqiniso mayelana nookhokho besintu, mayelana nama-giant ahlala emhlabeni, okukhulunywe ngabo eBhayibhelini, kanye neminye imibhalo yasendulo, "omunye wabalandeli be-archive baxolise encwadini eya enkantolo.

Ngo-1930, eduze neBasart eningizimu ye-Australia, kwasala nezinsalela zamatriki. Abantu, ososayensi namuhla ababiza ngokuthi i-megantropuses, babefana nalokho owayehlala endaweni yesimanje. Amagqabha, amade ubude aphinde aphindwe ngamasentimitha angu-360, anamazinyo angu-7 cm futhi alinganisa u-300-400 kilograms ngayinye.

Ngeshwa, kwakungenakwenzeka ukuthola izizathu zokufa okubuhlungu kwabantu abanjalo abanamandla nabaphezulu ...