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19 questions linked to/from What would be the tallest possible height for humanlike creatures in earthlike conditions?
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Anatomically correct Giants [duplicate]
What genetic traits would be needed to have a human that is "normal" in all aspects, but roughly 50 to 80 feet tall?
This doesn't seem completely out of the realm of possibility considering some ...
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Mega-human: What are the largest possible dimensions of a human? [duplicate]
How big can a person be while retaining all the functions of all their organs (including bones)? I am wondering if it is possible for large people to exist without compromising some part of their ...
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How much would a giant differ from us normal sized people? [duplicate]
My dad and I have been talking at the way home about really high people and how they must feel (basketball, volleyball!!) and how it would be to be like them.
But then the conversation leaded into a ...
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How can a giant avoid collapsing on itself? [duplicate]
Say you have a giant, similar to those of Dungeons & Dragons. For the purposes of this question, we'll say it's twenty feet tall. Is there any way one can alter its anatomy to save it from ...
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Realistic, logical way for men with medieval-era weaponry to compete with much larger and physically stronger foes
I am currently writing/hard-core procrastinating on a fantasy novel that includes a race known as Orthaks. Basically an amended version of Orcs, they range from seven to nine feet tall, weigh between ...
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Can you simply scale up animals?
There have been a number of questions focusing on mythical creatures where the logical approach to answering has been to scale up an existing animal. For example dragon's wings can be extrapolated ...
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How to make a realistic 'giant'
Imagine a race of what we would call 'giants', each of them possibly around 8 to 10 feet (2.40-3.00 meters) tall. What differences would they need compared to us regular humans in order to function? I ...
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What basic principles should I keep in mind when scaling things up and down?
Making things bigger or smaller is common in speculative fiction (giant ants, tiny people, planets bigger than stars, and stars smaller than light bulbs.)
What general principles should be kept in ...
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How to fight against Lion People?
In the story I would like to write, humans temporarily fight a race of lion people.
In the story, there are two sides. Standing Alliance and the Animal Alliance (it sounds dumb, but I haven't come up ...
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How can I explain the evolution of my giants?
Note: this is not a duplicate of Anatomically correct Giants or What would be the tallest possible height for humanlike creatures in earthlike conditions? because my giants are far from humanoid. ...
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Anatomically Correct Borrower
In the award winning Studio Ghibli film, Arrietty, there exists a creature known simply as the Borrower. Borrowers are a small version of human, no taller than a few inches, yet are otherwise the same ...
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My Very Tall Humanoids
In my world I am working on, the species is similar to humans in almost every way except for the following thing things:
They a much more slender
They have very light hair colors such as blond and ...
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Maximum Orcish biological lifespan in this setting?
I'm working on a short story, and I plan to put some ancient Diremen in charge of the vast majority. (Please note that Orcs are called Diremen in this story) . Diremen have a variety of biological ...
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How big can a giant get before losing human level intelligence?
In many fantasy worlds, giants are as intelligent as human beings and others races that they either avoid stepping on or step on regularly. However, due to the square cube law, giants have a limited ...
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Is it possible to create a giant biological "mech"?
Is it possible to create a giant biological "mech" similar to the ones in the anime Evangelion?
Its properties are:
Has no soul, just muscle, bone and a metalic exoskeleton to support their weight.
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