A lo grandela obsesión por coleccionar gigantes humanos

Abstract

Between 1750 and 1930 certain doctors, anatomists and anthropologists strived to enrich their collections with the skeleton of a giant human. These skeletal remains are authentic bones of human beings that grew to reach an enormous height, not the false remains of mythical humans. For decades, no one offers a rational explanation for such a huge growth, although hypotheses were raised at the end of the 19th century that end up being endorsed somewhat later. The article reviews the circumstances associated with this collecting and mentions the cases of giant human skeletons that are preserved (or have been until recently preserved) in anatomical and anthropological museums in Europe, the United States and Canada