just bones. size is about it.

hair? who knows. what color, how much?

Homo sapien superior for the win

Yes, apparently we’re all science nerds, fact geeks or conspiratorialists (sp?) here. LOL.

Like this recent news that they were in fact ancient mariners.

And, since I’m a geek, I can’t help but wondering if our own successors are actually living among us right now.

I knew as soon as I typed that someone would respond with off road comments :-p

Mystery_man
Just out of curiosity (I am assuming you are still in Japan) have they narrowed down where the Ainu originated? Last I heard the favoured theory was a large Russian settlement near the Sea of Okhotsk that was cut off from the rest of their people and slowly mingled with Emishi rebels back in the 7th century, giving them their current looks. Is that still the case or has more studying been done? Do they still worship and sacrifice bears?

I’m curious because if a Russian colony could effectively managed to travel and flourish under such conditions, bringing large portions of their culture with them, it wouldn’t be such a stretch to think that other social primates manage the same trick.

@ all
I hope some grad students go through the bones of the hominids stored in museums very carefully, they’ve already found quite a few fossils that had been misidentified due to lack of knowledge at that time. We keep discovering new evidence that makes the old obsolete but so few people seem to have the time or chance to go over things that have already been cataloged to double check the bones against our new knowledge.

I always find it interesting when people cling to that outdated definition of what a species is. Heck, there are examples of cross- genera breeding. The definition of species is highly malleable and changing all of the time, which actually makes it a headache for “splitters” like myself who like to categorize organisms into pat, basically human-constructed concepts like “species.”

There was probably a good deal of hominid interbreeding going on throughout natural history and this has a lot of interesting implications for cryptozoology.

paul-r- The discovery of Homo floresiensis has all kinds of interesting implications for hominology above and beyond just the Orang Pendek. If the ancestors of these creatures were able to expand their range to the degree that I think they may have, then it could hold the answers to a variety of mystery hominids reported throughout Oceania and the Pacific from Australia, to Fiji to Japan.

Interesting stuff.

“It would be similar to having 20 litres of gas/petrol to share between a Hummer and a Prius, I think we know who would make it further with less problems.”

I assume you mean it would be the Hummer – IF we were talking about off-road travel – right? Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

BTW, I drive a Jeep…

Pfffft

Anyhow Scientist Bernard Heveulmans in On The Track of Unknown Animals (1950s) discussed the “Little People” of the South Pacific/Greater Indonesian area generations ago.

It is long overdue for Establishment Scientism to get their butt into gear.

We’ve seen in the past how deadly sinus and dental infections can be and if that is combined with a metabolism that required higher protein or calories to keep a core temperature as compared to modern humans that would add to their burden as well. Very little large game left due to climate changes, plus a higher energy requirement doesn’t bode well for survival especially if you’re competing against a smaller more energy efficient version.

It would be similar to having 20 litres of gas/petrol to share between a Hummer and a Prius, I think we know who would make it further with less problems.