Viking Age mass grave unearthed near Cambridge with remains of ‘extremely tall’ man

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• Toto@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  One of the buried men was 6ft 5in in stature, which is “extremely tall” for the time when average height in the region was around 5ft 6in, according to archaeologists

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• Lembot_0006@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes, there are illnesses that prevent growth stop at the adult age.

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