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by zasdffaa 1485 days ago
Edit: I got this completely wrong, see comment from @Joeri

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> Trolls are really cultural memory of Neanderthals

Stating this as a fact is wrong, it's conjecture, and very dubious at that. In fact a few seconds research and common sense would undermine that. There are legends of giants in africa <https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/gigantes/Africa.html> but the range of Neanderthals included that, see "Known Neanderthal range in..." in map here <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal>

> The witch craze was due to ergot poisoning etc.

Ditto, and even less likely if you've done any reading. I think you've badly mixed up two things here.

Baseless but over-confident statements of 'fact' are getting annoying. Please try to elevate the conversation (unless you are, ahem, trolling).

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The comment you’re replying to is mocking these theories, not supporting them.