Comments on: Cultural Hominology

By: fossilhunter

fossilhunter — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:39:44 +0000

Greetings All!
I wonder what the criteria was for using a Bigfoot report or not. There have been some which involved examples of “culture”, but then again there have been reports of them climbing down from trees on their long tail which was tied to an upper branch! Albert Ostman comes to mind as an example of culture in a Bigfoot family. He described “talking”, beds, “blankets”, and the gathering of seasonal foods. Others have mentioned speaking of sorts too. (And not just coming up to the door to ask for garlic either. Eesh!)

By: Viergacht

Viergacht — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:54:19 +0000

Poul Anderson also had a story about “fairies” evolving alongside humans in secret. They eventually foil the invasion plans of several groups of aliens by successfully pretending to be aliens themselves because their biology is so unlike that of other earth creatures - which reminds me of the recent articles on “shadow ecosystems”.

As for bigfoot’s lack of culture, direct observation has been so brief how can we say they totally lack it? Look how much effort people like Jane Goodall had to put into tracking and observing chimps before it was discovered they made and used tools and had distinct cultures.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:41:56 +0000

There was a recent article that proposed the theory that Homo sapiens might have learned tool-making techniques from H. floresiensis.

It’s interesting because we always think that these “lesser” hominids & hominoids would only have settled with copying some rudimentary methods from modern humans. What if it was the other way around?

Also, the concept of Douglas’ Sidhe reminds me of Anne Rice’s Taltos race.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:20:32 +0000

Very interesting. Y’know, I have actually wondered about this myself, that is about the categories as described here. Very well put. Thanks for sharing this with us, Loren.