Remains of giants discovered in Ecuador

Claim posted on Twitter on March 29, 2023:

The remains of GIANTS were discovered in the small Equadorian village of Changaimina, 7m in height. Connected to an ancient human race exceeding 12m Once such discovery was by a local priest born in 1912. He had kept the skeletal remains in his possession until his death in 1999.

First: humans can’t physically grow that tall. In theory, maximum height of a human is about 9 feet / 2,74m. Square-Cube Law puts limits to our height. Tallest known person, Robert Pershing Wadlow, was 8 ft 11.1 in (272.0 cm). He died at the age of 22.

Photos are real. They show the bones of a giant ground sloth discovered in Ecuador in 2019-2020. Related news stories don’t mention anything about a priest born in 1912 who kept the remains in their possession until their death in 1999.

More about Megatherium aka giant ground sloth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium

Claim about giant remains connected to an ancient human race exceeding 12 meters in height is false. There is no evidence to support the claim about a priest born in 1912 who kept these remains in his possession until 1999.

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