nz south island, milford sound

[bry3500]

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newsp ... y=maeroero
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newsp ... y=maeroero

[Simon M]

Brilliant stuff! Thank you.

[Simon M]

The fossil record, especially in terms of the great apes, is an extremely limited resource. Hominid and Hominin fossils are exceedingly rare finds. The conditions that create fossils are specific to certain regions with particular characteristics so the fossil record itself is always going to be incomplete. The reason we have so many Trilobite and Ammonite fossils is because the conditions where these species often died were ideal for fossilisation to occur.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/worl ... s-1.672443

https://www.livescience.com/32029-oldes ... found.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... ked-liked/

Much remains unknown about the common ancestors of living apes and humans from the critical time when these branches diverged. Fossil evidence from this part of the primate family tree is scarce, and consists mostly of isolated teeth and broken jaw fragments. As such, researchers were not sure what the last common ancestors of living apes and humans might have looked like, and even whether they originated in Africa or Eurasia.

“The living apes are found all across Africa and Asia — chimps and gorillas in Africa, orangutans and gibbons in Asia — and there are many fossil apes found on both continents, and Europe as well,” study co-author Christopher Gilbert, a paleoanthropologist at Hunter College in New York, told Live Science. “So, as you can imagine, there are numerous possibilities for how that distribution came to be, and different researchers have suggested different hypotheses for where the common ancestor of the living apes and humans might be found.”

No one has managed to capture irrefutable proof of the existence of these things (whatever they are), and there's no incontestable photographic or video proof that we know of. There are opinions on things like the Patterson/Gimlin film but nothing more. It's impossible to tell a real footprint from a fake one just by seeing a photo, and photos are all too easy to fake; especially these days.

People keep on seeing something they can describe but cannot explain so the question remains an open one.

[Yowiechow]

People really need to stop using rock piles as evidence of relict hominids, especially in areas that are frequented by hikers. It is a very common practice for hikers to make and add to existing rock piles.