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 30 – NOW That's What I Call Spooky Spots! 2018
Episode 29 – International Mans of Mystery
Episode 28 – Things That Go "Bump" in the Lake
Episode 27 – Mmm. tuberculosis!
Episode 26 – Swarovski Skulls
Episode 25 – Calendar Birthday
Episode 24 – Cephalopodcast
Episode 23 – Dragonfly Sounds 4 Kidz
Episode 22 – Getting Jack'd
Episode 21 – Manster Mosh
Episode 20 – Super Natural Part II: Meanwhile, Back in Kansas...
Episode 19 – Super Natural Part I: Ley Lines and Crystals and Energy, Oh My!
Episode 18 – Toilet Morpheus
Episode 17 – Huckleberry Hellhound
Episode 16 – Don't Have a Cowman, Dogman
Episode 15 – Jhost Stories
Episode 14 – U.F.O.s Part II: Understandable, Factual Observations
Episode 13 – U.F.O.s Part I: Unbelievable, Freaky Occurrences
Episode 12 – Overexcited Europeans
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