For anyone who might be interested I would like to draw attention to a discussion at the Search for Bigfoot forum in which believers of bigfoot and subsequent Gigantopithecus origin ideas attempt to reconcile their beliefs when presented with the case of Australia's version of bigfoot, the yowie. It is a keen example of the inherent flaws that surface when proponents try to base their beliefs on sound reasoning. Particularily of interest is when footers decide to discount the case for yowie in its evident incompatibility with their ideas. It really does illustrate glaring inconsistencies in some of the central arguments for bigfoot, IMO. Elsewhere on the same board Homo Erectus vs Gigantopithecus debates also produce similar flaws.
Bf on island continents/bf's origin.
How you got that out of those debates is beyond me. Ray's in ill health and we're trying to be charitable, but his ideas are really without merit. T. Lancaster proposed an idea, and while most of us aren't into Yowie's, it was interesting to check out the land bridges.
Evidence of Giganto and the earliest yet possible Orangutan ancestor have been found in Vietnam, so it's not impossible some Orang relative could have managed to get to Australia. I don't go with devolved humans, but Australia seems to have been inhabited by humans some 140,000 years ago. (I'm not sure how confirmed that is.)
Homo erectus and its immediate ancestor used and made tools for millions of years. It's not likely such a skill would be lost. Chimpanzees and Orangutans haven't lost their toolmaking skills, apparently.
For me, the interesting thing about these debates is the sidetrips.
Wikipedia's info on Bili/Bondo apes was just soundly trounced by Apeman on BFF. Apeman (or should I say "Dr. Apeman") is a bono fide ape expert rather recently returned from Africa and is a good example of someone who is by no means a "woo" taking an interest in the BF phenomenon.
If you join SFB and post 100 times you can read what another bono fide expert has to say in the protected forum. That might be more productive than just snooping on the board. Of course, any fights with SY would be dealt with "swiftly", but I'm sure you can post 100 times without getting into it.
I know Bill can't read this, but in an earlier post he asked why the BCM individuals didn't walk on the road. In fact they did. The distances are given in a book I don't have on hand right now. The individuals probably weren't walking together.
Another poster mentioned foraging in groups. Giganto was likely an Orang relative, and while Orangs do sometimes get together in groups they mostly range singly. An omnivore with meat in the diet ranging alone or in small family groups (as sasquatches seem to do) wouldn't leave much evidence of their presence.
Yes, LAL, I'm quit sure I'd last 100 posts just fine. Somehow, I can't help but feel that the less skeptics there the happier most would be. Anyway, if I was a bono fide ape expert with reliable evidence to show for sasquatch, I don't think I'd make accessible to only people that post on one forum 100 times. But that's not what you said.
