Re: GIGANTOPITHECUS

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buddhapkp@aol.com (BuddhaPKP) wrote:
>Alright science buffs, suggestions, for fictional purposes, of an ancient
>pongid/hominid ancestor that if somehow survived until today would not be
>human but somewhere between us and chimps? Humor me, please.

One possibility could be that somewhere in deepest darkest Africa a small
population of Australopithecus Robustus survived somehow and evolved into
a yeti-like or bigfoot-like being. Assumign its cranial capacity hadn't
changed much, it would be about midway between us and chimps, I think.

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