Comments on: Dryopithecus, Skunk Apes, and Yeti

By: U.T. Raptor

U.T. Raptor — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:18:14 +0000

“We humans are a noisy, smelly lot in a group”

Name me a social primate that isn’t!

By: Doug Tarrant

Doug Tarrant — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:47:45 +0000

Very interesting observance of the “jutting out jaw” of the above drawing.

The three Fla. Skunkapes that I encountered had no resemblance to this creature. Their bodies were “hulk” in form, at seven feet tall, and no facial “muzzle” was as pronounced. I was able to study one’s features at 17 feet for almost two minutes.

By: airforce47

airforce47 — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:09:49 +0000

I think Mark Hall is right. I’m firmly convinced Judy Caseley’s photo is a skunk ape and Mark makes a good case for it not being an extinct species. More research is needed.

By: joppa

joppa — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:29:46 +0000

Loren, your theory of skunk apes being brought to the Americas on slave ships is a new one to me. Is there a record of ship’s logs or manifests that bear this out? The slave trade was a monstrous evil, but I can’t imagine a slaver wasting precious cargo space to transport an ape-creature which would have no value except as a pet to the plantation owners and slave brokers in the new world. On what evidence or history do you base this theory?

By: dharkheart

dharkheart — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:39:51 +0000

Very nice. Fascinating.

By: crgintx

crgintx — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:43:34 +0000

I firmly believe that there are huge gaps in both siminid and homonoid family photo albums. Florensis is probably just the first to be discovered of many of our recently departed or possibly still living brethren. Something in the logical part of my brain says that Sasquatch is probably so close to us genetically that the differences are practically nil. Instead of being absorbed into our DNA strain like Neanderthal, they stayed separate. Our EurAsian ancestors called them as trolls until they simply migrated as far away as they could from them. We humans are a noisy, smelly lot in a group with our fires and trash heaps. What sane omnivore sticks around us for very long? Bears sure don’t. Chimps have learned the same sad lessons. If the misty mountains of central Africa, which are literally islands in the sky ,can support the huge silverback gorillas, I’m pretty certain that the mountains of the Pacific Northwest or the great swamps from Texas to Maine could provide shelter and refuge from even the most determined hunters.

By: Rillo777

Rillo777 — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:01:32 +0000

I personally don’t believe in evolution but I realize many do. We need to find the creature before we can argue over its heritage. I do appreciate the article please understand, But until we find one of these creatures it’s just so much speculation as to how or why it exists or who its great-grandaddy might be. That said, I do very much appreciate a website where people of all walks of life and beliefs can support each other in the one thing we have in common above all: to find out the truth of what’s out there.

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:09:00 +0000

The World Atlas of Great Apes and their Conservation has a Box on Cryptic Apes, page 26.Quote ” the great ape community has attracted its own share of cryptic species of which three deserve a special mention in this volume because some primate biologists believe that there is a significant chance that they may one day give rise to new validated species or subspecies.These are the Yeti of the Himalayas, orang pendek of Sumatra, and the Bili-Bondo ape of the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

By: Rustaveli

Rustaveli — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:19:10 +0000

That’s an interesting piece of information.

Why does the “Dryopithecus” show in a 2002 postal stamp of Uzbekistan, I wonder? Just curious…

By: bill green

bill green — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:23:50 +0000

hey Loren, great new article about the Florida chimp & skunk apes & yeti definitely very informative. thanks bill