Comments on: The Relict Hominoid Inquiry

By: nzcryptozoologist

nzcryptozoologist — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:12:00 +0000

i have been expounding this for years to add cresbility to the sciene of Cryptozoology and finally, guess some things just take a while.

Mighty glad to see this.

By: Mïk

Mïk — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:01:42 +0000

Oh YES! The science comes to Bigfoot!

Dr Jeff, I really am glad to see this in place. We needed a forum with a scientific overview, and this brings it!. I can’t wait to see the quality of the reports that show up, and the insights of that great bunch of editors.

By: Hapa

Hapa — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:13:29 +0000

One small step for a cryptozoologist, one giant leap for Cryptozoology.

Seriously, this is a very good development. With scientists like Bindernagel, Nekaris, Redmond, and so on, this will make for good reading and perhaps open up more possibilities for a break through.

Meldrum, you’re my hero!

By: Ethologist

Ethologist — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:35:48 +0000

This is wonderful news! Glad to see some steps in the scientific direction! Hope this organization lasts much longer than the ISC. Hell, would be excited to see something such as the ISC be started once again. Maybe Darren Naish could work on something like that, as he seems to be getting academic focused cryptozoological study moving in the UK.

By: arewethereyeti

arewethereyeti — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:37:02 +0000

If you build it, they will come. Will they, though?

Although I agree the RHI is an important first step in the building of scientific interest and may, indeed, help legitimize the study of bigfoot and other relict hominoids, it remains to be seen whether there are – or will be – many forthcoming research papers to review.

Certainly, to date (at least to this layman’s knowledge), there has been a dearth of scientific papers regarding this matter, but that may simply reflect a “chicken and egg” scenario due to the current lack of a serious reviewing body such as RHI. I guess time will tell…

In any case, I congratulate Dr. Meldrum and his esteemed board members for getting the ball rolling.

By: semillama

semillama — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:10:35 +0000

I very much look forward to this. To get wider attention by scientists, use science. Publish scientific articles that are peer-reviewed. This will do far more than all the blurry youtube videos in the world in getting the proper attention paid to the subject. I look forward to reading it!

By: bigun wild

bigun wild — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:08:00 +0000

Meldrum is the man!

By: DWA

DWA — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:41:36 +0000

Baby steps. But this is a pretty big baby step. Kudos. Looks like a good editorial board. If you’re going to build scientific interest to critical mass, this is the kind of thing that needs to happen.

By: yetifan

yetifan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:32:35 +0000

Two questions…

1) Are any members of the editorial board skeptical-leaning towards the possibility of relic hominids existing?

2) Does Todd have a different head shot?

By: oldphilosopher

oldphilosopher — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:49:02 +0000

Now THIS is promising.