Comments on: Are Bigfoot Human? Controversial Morris Goodman Has Died

By: oldphilosopher

oldphilosopher — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:53:33 +0000

Apologies. You are of course correct, Loren, that the word "bonobo" appears in the paragraph below the photo in your mention of Dr. Goodman's proposal that chimpanzees and bonobos be reclassified from genus Pan to genus Homo. What I have been wondering about is whether there are any studies comparing the DNA sequences of chimpanzees and bonobos vis a vis their comparative relationship to humans. I know that some DNA analysis was involved in the decision to cease classifying bonobos as a subspecies of chimpanzees, and to reclassify them as a separate species. But I never saw or heard any discussion as to how (or whether) that analysis made any determination as to whether bonobos were actually more (or less) closely related to humans than chimpanzees.

By: airforce47

airforce47 — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:15:46 +0000

Dr. Goodman is a true pioneer and one that will be missed. It will take a specimen to prove him correct either living or dead and that’s what we all are looking for. Condolences to his family, friends and those who respect his work. My best.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:16:36 +0000

“Interesting that you include in this story a photo of a bonobo, but offer no further comment upon them in the story.”

Ah, more evidence that things can hide in plain sight right before observers. Bonobos are mentioned in the paragraph/sentence directly under that image of a bonobo.

By: oldphilosopher

oldphilosopher — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:35:45 +0000

Sad news.

Interesting that you include in this story a photo of a bonobo, but offer no further comment upon them in the story. I think by now we’re all familiar with the news of the close relationship between humans and chimpanzees. But I’ve never seen any study as to our relationship with bonobos. Are bonobos even more closely to us than chimps? Less closely? The same?

By: Ulysses

Ulysses — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:49:43 +0000

My condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Goodman. He was a true pioneer in his field and sought to extend his reach into cryptozoology to shows us that perhaps once found , we will see Bigfoot is indeeed more closely related to us as Enkidu was to Gilgamesh. The photo of the bonobo serves to illustrate almost beyond a doubt this convention. Let’s wait and see!