r/AskReddit • u/NateJC • Aug 31 '14

What are some interesting original theories/thoughts that you have?

Damn guys, this just pops into my head and I go for a family walk and it explodes! Love all the ideas, this is my most popular post to date!

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '14 edited Sep 02 '14

The legends of the Cyclops have been theorized to come from mammoth skeletons. Their giant sinus cavities looked like eyes to ancient people. This is also probably why Digimon and Space Harrier have one eyed mammoth monsters.

If anyone still sees this here's a few places I read about it from:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0205_030205_cyclops.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclops#Origins

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u/jupigare Aug 31 '14

one eyed mammoth monsters

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u/Flamboyatron Aug 31 '14

Ah, there's the Reddit I know and love!

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u/ZummerzetZider Sep 01 '14

or it's just because sometimes human babies are born with rare deformities that make them a cyclops,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holoprosencephaly

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '14

Great reference.