The Red-haired Giants of Peru, New Zealand and the Southern Highlands

May 10, 2019June 23, 2019 Max and Sandra Desorgher

“Northerners are always shocked when I tell them that the Creek Indians averaged a foot taller than the Spanish and French. The Spanish called the Creek’s ancestors, Indios Gigantes.”

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