Quote Originally Posted by vartan View Post
Only in Hollywood (5 minute drive from here) or in the cartoon that is RTW, sure. But I've yet to read anything conclusive to that extent. As far as the world is concerned, people were more or less on par. No matter where you go, people are composed of the same organs. Averages might vary slightly regionally, but people are in general the same. And unlike architecture or crafts that have remains, you won't find any organic remains that indicate what antiquity's Celts consumed, thus making it even more difficult to come to any generalisations regarding their diet. Someone enlighten me, I'm looking to go on a Celtic diet.
This is all incorrect.

We can tell from skeletal remains the amount of muscle a person had, in addition to height and (for example) breadth of shoulder. From this we can conclude that the average Celtic warrior was several inches tall as well as being heavier set and having greater muscle mass. We know this had to do with their lifestyle because we have written accounts from Greeks and Romans, as well as being able to recover things like seeds and bones from rubbish tips at Celtic sites.

This not to say Greeks and Romans were weak, both peoples were incredibly tough, but they weren't as big, strong or hairy.