To be fair, the Hebrews were pretty diminutive at the time. Circa 5' - 5'2". Average Phillistines were better fed and towards the upper end of 5" on average. If you're a 5' shepherd and your enemies have 10" on you on average, everyone looks like a fricking giant.
You think that mankind was average 5 feet back when mankind had stronger DNA and were in better shape than today, when the average today is 5-9ish... I tend to think the opposite, I think the average human height was bigger than today...
Ancient diet was so piss-poor that vast swathes of the human population was malnourished enough to substantially impact their height. The Caananites were notable for being relatively well fed. The Hebrews referred to Canaan as being the land of milk and honey because the natives not only had food, but a pretty rich diet by the standards of the time.
"Ancient diet was piss poor" that is hilarious considering most people eat today is GMO or fast food ! Now they could have been starved in Egypt, but I doubt it as it would have affected their ability to work... I suspect they were strong and fit and fed basic foods... Why do I make these points because you're downplaying the nephilim by saying the 10 spies were terrified of well-fed and slightly taller people... If you ever saw a miracle, how much would it take to make you doubt or fear...
IMO Canaan was infused with real nephilim at the time, not well-fed facing malnourished people... Highly possible the 10 spies exaggerated their size, "we were like grasshopper" seems a little outrageous I admit...
I have done a lot of research on nephilim and giant skeletons found worldwide, It is a fascinating subject I suggest not to discredit it as there is more evidence of giants like bones even complete skeletons, even giant fossilized footprints...
For example: Native American "red haired giants" {in modern day Nevada so not vikings} that would hang deer from their belt like a normal man would a rabbit... South American weird elongated skulls... Giants are in almost every ancient civilization's folklore...
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