They’re apes. We KNOW. But how often do you hear anyone say “aping around”? I mean REALLY.
But yeah! It’s an ape ep for the ages. Wyatt leads off with the story of De Loys’ Ape, and the spooky photo that gave it such staying power. Are there really giant, bipedal humanoid primates lurking in the forests of South America? Just as surely as humans from different continents somehow evolved from different species! (No.)
Jake then hops on the hominid fraud train with Piltdown Man, the U.K.’s unfortunate contribution to a European paleontological pissing contest. Sometimes, if you’re looking hard enough for a Missing Link, you’ll accept ANY EVIDENCE that suggests you found it. Even if it comes from a non-scientist known for faking shit.
Cut the tail off a monkey, slap some unrelated bones together, and tune on into a history- and science-filled episode of Superduperstitious!
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Blue-headed black bear: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Blue_Headed_Black_Bear
Wyatt’s story
De Loys’ Ape: https://bigfootbase.com/blog/geologists-odd-ape-history-de-loys-ape
Breaking down the fraud: http://bit.ly/2riz7hX
Jake’s story
Science Magazine article: http://bit.ly/2OafMsz
BBC article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/piltdown_man_01.shtml
Royal Society article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.160328
Wyatt’s Royal Society article: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1815
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Episode 122 – The 4th Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza
Episode 121 – Talkin’ ’bout Halloween with Chris Hastings!
Episode 120 – Hot Singles in Your Area (feat. Jordan Shiveley)
Episode 119 – Fear Factors Part II: The Loud Explaining of the Phenomenon
Episode 118 – Fear Factors Part I: The Quiet Peeing of the Pants
Episode 117 – Readings from the Korndämonenomicon
Episode 116 – Please Recargh
Episode 115 – O Captain My Captain
Episode 114 – Tralien Triad (feat. Derek Sword)
Episode 113 – Not Your Granddaddy's Narwhal
Episode 112 – Specific Islands
Episode 111 – I Dream of Djinny
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