LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agoMakes sensepiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down11
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minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.auMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoIsn’t it theorised that an elephant/mammoth skull was the inspiration for the cyclops? And who has long floppy ears? And are those nipples protruding from the bottom lip possibly tusks? This must be a drawing of an elephant.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s hypothesized but not evidenced that dwarf elephant skulls on Sicily might have caused locals to fantasize about cyclopes. Paleoartist Mark Witton has a good article encouraging skepticism of this conclusion, though. Worth a read.
Isn’t it theorised that an elephant/mammoth skull was the inspiration for the cyclops?
And who has long floppy ears?
And are those nipples protruding from the bottom lip possibly tusks?
This must be a drawing of an elephant.
It’s hypothesized but not evidenced that dwarf elephant skulls on Sicily might have caused locals to fantasize about cyclopes.
Paleoartist Mark Witton has a good article encouraging skepticism of this conclusion, though. Worth a read.
TIL