I understand the current view of neanderthal man is that he was 5'6",
at least three times as strong as a modern human, with robust bones
that were much denser and thicker than ours.
And yet, the given average weight is 150 pds.
Huh?
My mother is 5'7" and weighs 135 pounds. She is skinny, almost
waifish....and she's a female homo sapien sapien!
Why are scientific journals so conservative on weight estimates?
At 6'3 my suggested weight is something like 170 or 180 pds. If I
weighed only 180, I would look anorexic.
Here's the discussion on Usenet:
Scientists and Hominid Weight
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