Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) On 12/14/2020 at 2:49 AM, jayjeti said: Dr. Meldrm, who once thought sasquatch was most likely Giganthecus blacki, has changed his opinion and thinks its most likely a branch of Australopithicene, the species just before Homo, because the Laitoli footprints, left in volcanic ash a few million year ago, shows a similar morphology to sasquatch prints with the midtarsal break. He also believes that species walked with knees bent in a compliant gait like sasquatches.
I just rewatched The Unwonted Sasquatch and was put off by Meldrum giganto discussion. It's a theory that has been out there but it's not sustainable. The only reason Meldrum once considered the giganto theory is because he needed some thesis to maintain scientific credibility. It's ok to change your position later but he needed something as concrete as he could make it.
That's the problem with publishing papers, making films and books. Science learns more and more every day. You never know where impacts of earth history and humanity's evolution and ecology, etc is going to upend BF theories.
I'm still going to watch the follow up to Unwonted Sasquatch, which is Sasquatch among Wildmen.
