Could the Myths About Giants Be Memories? Part Two

1. Cross-Cultural Convergence

• From biblical Goliath, to Gilgamesh, to Native American red-haired giants, to Liberian forest beasts, to Hindu daityas—many giants are described as: 10 to 12 feet tall
• Humanoid in shape
• Possessing extraordinary strength, size, or ancestral knowledge
• This occurs across cultures with no contact and separated by oceans, which suggests either:
  • A shared memory of a real phenomenon,
  • Or a psychological-archetypal pattern that emerges globally (e.g., Jungian collective unconscious).

2. The Cubit Connection

• The cubit’s use in measuring both human proportions and sacred architecture (like pyramids, temples, and arks) is telling. If ancient people described a being’s ulna or arm length in cubits, they were using real-world observation and proportions they knew from human anatomy.
• Ancient people may not have formalized it mathematically, but they clearly understood scale and proportion.

3. Coincidence… or Remnant Memory?

• If people across the globe consistently refer to:
  • 11-foot humanoids
  • Whose arms or cubits match those of a scaled-up human,
  • And who lived in a distant past, often before a cataclysm,

  Then we might be looking at either:

  • • The fossil echo of a now-lost race or variant of Homo sapiens,
  • • Or a long-preserved mythic memory of those who “once walked the earth.”

  Hypothesis (In Simple Terms)

  • There once lived 11+ foot tall humanoids—the giants described in global myth.They lived during a time when:
    • Earth’s mass or gravity was different (possibly lower)
    • A massive double impact event occurred: One created or deepened the Pacific Ocean basin
    • The other (e.g., Chicxulub) reshaped continental and atmospheric dynamics
    • After this event, Earth’s size, mass, or gravity changed, making it no longer suitable for the survival of these giants.

    Let’s examine what this would imply.

    • The Gravity-Biology Relationship

      • If gravity was lower before the impact:
        • Taller beings could exist without their bones collapsing under their weight.
        • Hearts wouldn’t need as much pressure to pump blood to the brain.
        • Lungs could breathe more easily, especially if the atmospheric pressure was also higher or richer in oxygen.
        • Muscle mass would be enough to support motion, even in 11+ ft bodies.

        This is identical to what we see in paleontology with:

        • Pterosaurs and massive sauropod dinosaurs—too big to survive under modern gravity unless:
          • Air was denser
          • Gravity was slightly lower o Or both
          • So if giants existed, a lower-gravity, higher-oxygen world would have made them viable.

        What the Double Impact Would Have Changed

        • If two cosmic impacts:
          • Ejected enormous mass into space (perhaps from where the Pacific now lies),
          • Disrupted Earth’s balance and rotation,
          • Tilted the axis, compressed the crust, or altered mass distribution,

          Then Earth could have:

          • Increased in density (even slightly), raising surface gravity
          • Lost atmospheric pressure (weaker magnetosphere or thinner air)
          • Experienced a climate catastrophe, destroying their ecosystems

          This would suddenly:

          • Overstress their cardiovascular and skeletal systems
          • Render them unable to reproduce
          • Make food and oxygen insufficient for their bulk

        Result?

        • The giants died out—not necessarily in a war or divine punishment, but because Earth changed beneath their feet.
        • Human-sized beings, better adapted to the new gravity, flourished instead.
        • The memory of the giants, too big for the new world, became legend.

      Supporting Clues in Ancient Myths

      • The Book of Enoch says the Nephilim could not survive after the Watchers were banished—perhaps a metaphor for changing conditions.
      • Greek myths describe Titanomachy—gods overthrowing the giants and locking them away “beneath mountains.”
      • Zulu and Dogon traditions speak of earlier races who vanished before humans emerged.
      • Many global flood myths coincide with geological upheaval and the disappearance of giants.

      Dual Impactor theory explains a great deal, especially when it's expanded beyond simple geology. Let’s break down what it does explain, and where it opens new ground for deeper exploration:

      What the Dual Impactor Theory Explains

      1. Sudden Disappearance of Giants

      • If the impacts altered gravity, atmosphere, and ecosystems, it could suddenly make the planet inhospitable to large-bodied beings like the giants.
      • They wouldn’t die in battle—but fail to adapt biologically after Earth changed.

      2. The Creation of the Pacific Basin

      • A colossal impact explains the strange asymmetry of Earth's land-water distribution.
      • It would have ejected mass, possibly reducing planetary volume and reshaping tectonics—supporting my idea that Earth was "larger" or lighter before.

      3. Ancient Memories of Cataclysm

      • Myths worldwide remember a "fall", a great flood, and a time before smaller humans—the impacts could be the root event behind these stories.

      4. Atmospheric and Ecological Shift

      • The impacts could explain:

        • A thinner atmosphere
        • Lower oxygen levels
        • A cooler post-cataclysmic Earth
        • The megafaunal extinctions (including of giant hominids)

        We are drawn also to consider the 80 million years ago (80 Ma) discontinuity. This is a less widely known but deeply puzzling geological transition. Here's what it refers to and why it matters to my theory.

        What Is the 80 Ma Discontinuity?

        Around 80 million years ago, something strange happened in Earth's geological and biological record:

        • 1. Tectonic and Seafloor Changes

          • Before 80 Ma, mid-ocean ridges were spreading slowly, and the seafloor crust was thick, with stable plates.
          • After 80 Ma, seafloor spreading rates doubled, and new oceanic crust began forming at a much faster pace.
          • The Pacific Plate began accelerating rapidly.
          • Some geologists call it the beginning of "tectonic hyperactivity."

          2. Crustal Asymmetry

          • There is an asymmetric age difference in the oceanic crust:
            • Atlantic seafloor is mostly younger than 180 Ma
            • Pacific seafloor is almost entirely younger than 200 Ma, and none older than 170–180 Ma
            • Yet no large subducted crust has been found to account for the “missing” seafloor.
            • Some suggest this points to a massive crustal event or impact that reset the ocean basins.

            3. Biotic and Ecological Shifts

            • Marine organisms (especially plankton) radically diversified after 80 Ma.
            • This coincides with a change in ocean chemistry and circulation.

            Why It Matters to My Dual Impactor Theory

            This 80 Ma marker fits perfectly into my hypothesis:
            • It could mark the first impact—the one that created the Pacific Basin, as proposed.
            • The change in tectonics and seafloor patterns fits the idea of a huge ejection or internal destabilization.
            • If mass was blasted off Earth, it could explain:
              • Loss of pre-impact crust
              • Formation of a deep basin (like the Pacific)
              • Sudden environmental changes that giants could not survive
              • The second impact (e.g., Chicxulub, 66 Ma) finished the collapse, triggering the KT extinction.

              If the Impact Theory Ejected Enough Mass (e.g., Pacific Basin-scale), Let’s assume:

              • A Mars-sized object struck the Earth or a massive object hit Earth with such force that it ejected part of the crust and mantle into space.
              • This could explain the formation of the Pacific Basin.
              • If that ejected mass was not just redistributed but actually lost to space (e.g., some became the Moon, or was vaporized and expelled), then Earth's total mass would have decreased.

              This would have been the result:

              • Lower gravity before the impact.
              • After impact, the Earth could also have compressed, changing radius and density, causing gravity to normalize or increase.

              Support from Other Theories

              Some speculative Earth expansion models suggest a smaller, less dense Earth in the distant past. The giant dinosaur paradox (how did huge sauropods exist?) may also imply higher atmospheric pressureand/or lower gravity.

              So if Earth was larger and less dense, and then lost a significant portion of mass during the dual impactor event, the pre-cataclysm Earth would indeed have lower surface gravity, making the existence of 11+ foot giants biologically feasible.

              The Double Impactor theory combined with a pre-impact population of giants is a viable, interdisciplinary theory, especially within the realm of speculative but grounded ancient history.

              This theory does not fail—it transforms the puzzle from myth into physics, biology, and memory. It connects: Catastrophic geology with Biological viability with Global oral tradition and with a long-lost, pre-human world

              If a large enough mass was ejected from Earth, gravity would decrease. In fact, this idea is scientifically sound in principle. Gravity Depends on Mass and Radius and The formula for gravity at the surface of a planet is: g=G⋅MR2g=R2G⋅M. Where:

              • gg = surface gravity
              • GG = gravitational constant
              • MM = mass of the planet
              • RR = radius of the planet So:
              • Lose mass → gravity goes down
              • Shrink radius → gravity goes up

              Scientifically Plausible in Principle

              • Mass ejection = gravity reduction: ✔ Correct physics.
              • Lower gravity = larger organisms viable: ✔ Matches biology and paleontology.
              • Cataclysm = sudden extinction of giants: ✔ Supported by extinction models and flood myths.
              • Post-impact Earth = higher gravity, thinner atmosphere: ✔ Fits what we see in the fossil and geological record.

              The above presented theory is thusly not violating physics or logic

              It is connecting dots that mainstream science doesn’t often join because it avoids blending myth, oral tradition, and non-empirical memory with geology and biology.

              Mythological and Global Cultural Consistency

              • Cultures from the Bible, Mesoamerica, India, Africa, the Pacific, and Northern Europe all describe giants, often ending in a great cataclysm or flood.
              • Many of these myths reference a “before time” when Earth was different—lush, immense, spiritually closer.
              • The Dual Impact theory grounds those stories in a physical transformation of the planet.

                3. Explains Anomalies

                • Why do we see creatures in the fossil record that seem too large to function in modern gravity?
                • Why are there stories of giants that converge in height (~11 ft) across cultures?
                • Why is there such a vast and asymmetric basin (the Pacific)?
                • This theory gives a single, elegant narrative: a double impact changed Earth and ended the age of giants.

                Final Thought:

                This theory is a myth-rooted, physics-aligned, global theory of a pre-cataclysm Earth—populated by giants, shattered by dual impacts, and followed by the rise of small-bodied humans. It’s not only viable—it’s visionary.

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                Conclusion: The Vanishing World of Giants

                The enduring myths of giants—beings of immense height and power—are not isolated cultural fantasies. Their consistent size across traditions, their disappearance following global cataclysms, and their association with an earlier, more “primordial” Earth suggest that they may be echoes of a forgotten reality.

                When we consider the physics of life at great size, it becomes clear that 11-foot-tall humanoids could only thrive under very different planetary conditions. Lower gravity, higher oxygen levels, and denser atmospheric pressure would have made such beings biologically viable. Intriguingly, the fossil record confirms that enormous animals—far larger than anything alive today—once dominated both land and sky.

                Geological anomalies converge on a crucial period: around 80 million years ago, the Earth underwent a profound structural shift. Tectonic activity intensified, oceanic crust patterns were reset, and the vast Pacific Basin may have formed through a massive impact and mass ejection. This “80 Ma discontinuity” remains poorly explained by conventional models, yet it provides a compelling physical marker for the first of two planetary traumas. The second, better known, came 66 million years ago with the Chicxulub impact, sealing the fate of the dinosaurs and transforming the biosphere once again.

                The Dual Impactor Theory proposes that Earth was once more massive—or less dense—and supported a very different ecology. The first impact expelled vast amounts of crustal material, perhaps even reducing Earth’s mass, increasing gravity, and thinning the atmosphere. The second finalized this transition, extinguishing what few megafaunal remnants remained.

                In this light, the giants of ancient legend were not gods or metaphors, but survivors—or memories—of a lost epoch, biologically suited to a pre-cataclysmic Earth. Their extinction was not solely mythic or moral; it was physical. The Earth changed beneath them, and they could no longer live upon it.

                We, the smaller beings who emerged in their wake, remember them still—in our texts, in our stories, and perhaps, in our very bones.