ome had red or russet hair.
The most significant characteristic is the difference in size range. Using the historical record, the size range of the early current Epoch giants and predecessors were 9' to 16' in height. That is for the giants that we have specific records of.
(OG the king of Bashan) was a little over 12' tall. About 400 years later, the general size had been reduced to between 9' and 10.5” (Goliath and his brothers), which suggests a significant 'survivable' population) The average size of the giants up through the post Colombian era seems to be about 7.5' to 10' tall. This group includes the Patagonian Giants and other North and South American giants.
The above information is taken from historical records. There are thousands of additional records of various giants found in all kinds of circumstances, with various degrees of evidene including skeletal remains, oversized tools and reliable first hand reports over the last 2,500 years. It is not the intention of this paper to add information that is widely available elsewhere on the internet. The purpose of this paper is to look at the historical records, and determine if the credible testimony contained in that record will substantiate the existence of giants in our current Epoch. (From 7,000 years ago to present) That such giants lived in and near the City of Bashan and Mt Hermon; and were hunted to near extinction by Moses and Joshua are historically recorded facts. The city of Bashan stands in mute testimony to their presence.
The evidence for Giants in our Epoch, indicates they are descendents from a race of Giants that co-existed with Modern Humans, Cro Magnon, Neanderthals and other hominid species prior to the Last Great Cataclysm of 7,000 years ago. They, like other giant flora and fauna declined in stature, and then finally going nearly extinct as a species sometime in the last 1,500 years, with a very few remote and isolated pockets, like the Patagonia Giants surviving into a post Columbian period.
As a final note, I would include the distinct possibility that one of the 6 cataclysm during the last 15,000 years of the post ice age, included a drastic increase in the 'G' force of this planet, thereby causing the extinction of most giant flora and fauna, including giant humans. If that is the case, it would explain 'blood and tissue' remains in various non fosselized dinosaur bones that have been 14c tested, returning dates of less than 12,000 years before present. In fact, my next paper will make that case, conclusively.
John Jensen – Oct. 2010