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Resonox wrote: Resonox wrote: Weren't the "Cyclops" skulls which gave birth to the race of one-eyed giants said to have been elephant(mammoth for all I know) skulls....the nasal cavity being mistaken for a central eye socket?
Of course I should have said "which gave birth to the legend of one-eyed giants"....sorry.
This programme talks about cyclops being based on elephant skulls. It's just reappeared on iplayer - worth a watch I think!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b014lsgb/Dinosaurs_Myths_and_Monsters/
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