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My pet theory is that the Nephilim are a folk memory of the last Neanderthals.
by EdwardDiego 4y ago
My pet theory is that the Nephilim are a folk memory of the last Neanderthals.
- bmitc 4y agoAren’t Neanderthals much shorter than humans?
- EdwardDiego 4y agoThey were, but also stronger, IIRC. I figured "giant" could be a metaphor, after all it's in a collection of traditions of pastoralists, wherein God rejects the agriculturalist's offering, who then kills his sheep herding brother. Then the farmer builds the first city, and his descendents are the first blacksmith, the first musician, the first dancer (debateably), and the first animal farmer - who also often conflicted with semi-nomadic herders. Great metaphor for the Iron Age equivalent of the Range Wars.
- Minor49er 4y agoCould Neanderthals be described as "heroes of old, men of renown"?
- EdwardDiego 4y agoIn my head canon, some Neanderthal managed to find acceptance in Homo sapiens societies through prodigious feats of strength or bravery. We know we interbred (although IIRC, DNA evidence suggests that mainly Neanderthal male and Homo sapiens female births were viable) And IIRC, Neanderthal were far stronger than us. Mind you, could be that they're where folk memory of dwarves arises, short, strong, like living underground. Maybe elves were Homo floriensis? I love speculating like this because it's entirely unprovable, much like evolutionary psychology.