"Wild, hairy, folk-the stuff of legends." Topic
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| Condottiere | 20 Jun 2010 7:14 a.m. PST |
Interesting article. "Wild, hairy, folks who fought griffons and nomads — have paleontologists unearthed mythic figures of folklore?" . . . "But at least one scholar has an intriguing answer: "The discovery of material evidence of a distinct hominin (human) lineage in Central Asia as recently as 30,000 years ago does not come as a surprise to those who have looked at the historical and anecdotal evidence of 'wild people' inhabiting the region," wrote folklorist Michael Heaney of the United Kingdom's Bodleian Library Oxford, in a letter to The Times of London." link |
| rvandusen | 20 Jun 2010 11:23 a.m. PST |
Cool article. I too have been following the Denisova cave find and also the story of the Indonesian 'hobbits'. Especially interesting since it makes the 'unknown hairy hominid' legends seem a little more possible. link
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeren |
| Toaster | 20 Jun 2010 3:09 p.m. PST |
Don't forget the Wood Woses of medieval Britian that show up in church carvings. Such legends are world wide. Also dating the extinction of a species from the last known fossil is doubtful, colecanth anyone? Robert |
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