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 103 – Superstitions Part II: Superduperstitions
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Episode 101 – Classic Instants
Episode 100 – New Zero Retrospective
Episode 99 – The Matrixth Episode
Episode 98 – Abject Objects
Episode 97 – Fool's Gold
Episode 96 – Sedimentary, My Dear Watson
Episode 95 – Young Santa
Episode 94 – Strigoi Boiz
Episode 93 – 2020 = 20 + 20
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Episode 91 – Rat King Cole
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