Earth; A Planet Belonging to Homo Gigantus — An Alt-Evolutionary History in Which Classical Giants are a Competing Hominid Whom Become the Most Widespread, Dominant Species. | A World Defined by Giant-kind's Prime Perspective.
For those who haven't read about the various hominid species early Homo Sapiens shared the pre-historic world with, there were quite a few beyond just Neanderthals.
It recently occured to me that if we (homo sapiens) co-evolved alongside classical giants (e.g. bigger than most trees 🌳) they would be another of these hominids we shared the world with.
Which got me thinking; what if humanity's perspective in this timeline was not dissimilar to one of the hominid species that disappeared, that didn't succeed, that couldn't adapt to changing environments like we could? Not that we are any less adaptable to changing climates & diets or go extinct in this timeline, but that 'Homo Gigantus' is simply better at it, and overtakes us. In an almost neutral way, in a sense. Humanity & giants needn't even have interacted much at all for this outcome to have occured.
Their communities more stable, better able to grow, better able to establish themselves in more places quicker. Before our species could expand our population across the planet our ancestors found themselves "land-locked" in scattered pockets by giants all around.
Our species becoming a distant second in terms of numbers & presence, we're not on the poster advertising Earth. Almost like borrowers in classic borrower stories are to humans, but with humans relative to giants. In your mind take humanity's position relative to our world & quickly swap us for giants. Giants in the driver's seat, on the cover, centre stage, the majority, & we're in the boot/trunk.
Everything defined & categorised by giant-kind's dominant perspective (categories based on scale especially [e.g. boulder VS pebble]), even humans.
How do you think this timeline would play out? The vibes? The historical trajectories?