Tall ancestors found in Shandong tombs

JINAN - Archaeologists have found evidence of unusually tall and strong people who lived in East China 5,000 years ago.

Measurements of bones from graves in Shandong province show the height of at least one man to have reached 1.9 meters.

"This is just based on the bone structure. If he was a living person, his height would certainly exceed 1.9 meters," said Fang Hui, head of Shandong University's School of History and Culture.