Do Giants Exist: What Does the Evidence Say About Real-Life Giants?

The largest hominoid, Gigantopithecus blacki, may have stood at 10 feet tall, but died out a few hundred thousand years ago.

By Nathaniel Scharping
Sep 21, 2023 3:00 PM
A holotype Gigantopithecus blacki molar
A holotype Gigantopithecus blacki molar. (Credit: Gerbil - Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany/Wikimedia Commons)

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The age-old fascination with giants has persisted throughout human history and transcended throughout our culture. Tales of these colossal figures have sparked our imagination and curiosity for generations.

Some may dismiss these stories as mere legends or fantasies, while others question whether there is evidence leading to the possibility that giants, in some form, may have once roamed our world.

Are Giants Real?

Do giants have any basis in reality? Humanlike beings who grow to 20 feet or more are the stuff of fiction, and even far in the past, there’s no evidence hominins ever got much taller than we are today.

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