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 51 – We Want to Believe Part II: Science
Episode 50 – We Want to Believe Part I: Pseudo
Episode 49 – [Elk bugling intensifies]
Episode 48 – Unsettlements
Episode 47 – The 2nd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza
Episode 46 – The Hostess with the Ghostest
Episode 45 – Spirited Company
Episode 44 – Seacoast, See Ghost
Episode 43 – Ghost Guest Good Times
Episode 42 – The Goonies for 300 Years
Episode 41 – Tales from the Crypt(ozoology Conference)
Episode 40 – Gullible's Travels Part II: Suggested Memories
Episode 39 – Gullible's Travels Part I: Liar, Liar, Pants on Wire
Episode 38 – "Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim" by Christopher Walken
Episode 37 – Water: We Talking About
Episode 36 – Howlers, Whistlers, and Cabin Smashers
Episode 35 – Terrordactyls
Episode 34 – Bah! Hum-Buzz
Episode 33 – There Are No Moose
Episode 32 – The Vegetable Golem of Mouse Mouth
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