October 4, 2009
It only took 15 years, but in the last week, 11 scientific papers on Ardi (Ardipithecus ramidus) were published. One of the best ways to understand Ardi is by reading John Hawks’ FAQ.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, especially since you can read about this fossil find throughout the mass media, let’s just take a look at the videos and images.
The extremely well-done illustrations are courtesy of J. H. Matternes via Science/AAAS.
Matternes’ drawings of Ardi remind me of Dick Klyver’s Hobbit art that is on the cover of…
…The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates , showing Homo floresiensis.
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About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
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