Denisovans and Sasquatch

[Buckaloo]

Although this is a video/documentary, I believe the theories this guy advances go beyond the video itself and are worthy of more discussion.

 

His video lays out an interesting argument for Denisovans being the "wild men" of history and of our more modern-day Sasquatch sightings.  Some of the information in this video has been talked about here before, but he does an excellent job of tying it all together.

 

He shows how the Denisovan fossil evidence we've gathered so far could point to Sasquatch.  He also talks about the historical distribution of wild-man stories matching the speculated range of the Denisovans.

 

Another very interesting topic he presents is the early-man "avoidance" theory.  This is where one group of human-species adopts a more primitive or "wild" lifestyle to avoid having to interact with more technologically-advanced groups of "humans."  This would lessen the chances of being killed-off or absorbed.  Over tens of thousands of years, the more "wild" human-species group would develop enhanced physical characteristics like being, larger, hairier, faster, better night vision, etc.

 

As I said, some of this information has already been discussed in this forum, but this is the first time I've seen one source that links it all together in one theory.  Interesting!

 

https://youtu.be/vN9q8ewDQs0?si=Eyi6vE2g2PH2XEJz

 

 

[norseman]

According to modern science? We (Homo Sapiens) were still in Africa 130,000 years ago.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerutti_Mastodon_site

 

 

[Northern Lights]

Very good video, well worth the time to listen through all of his analysis.  Highly recommend giving this a listen and I would be very interested in opinions.  

[norseman]

Here is Meldrum’s 3d printed skeleton.

 

https://isubengal.com/sixteen-hundred-hours-of-sasquatch-skeleton/

[norseman]

I think Denisovans are a pretty tough sell. They are making beads, flutes, stone tools, spears and fire. And their cousins the Neanderthals did the same.

 

Their direct ancestor Homo Heidelbergensis also made stone tools, spears and fire. And they were also big tall people like Denisovans.

 

Is Sasquatch is in the Homo lineage? They must be some early off shoot of Homo Erectus which is more primitive than any of the above three. IMHO.
 

 

[Catmandoo]

5 hours ago, norseman said:

Here is Meldrum’s 3d printed skeleton.

 

https://isubengal.com/sixteen-hundred-hours-of-sasquatch-skeleton/

 

The skull is a gorilla skull. How did they program the 3-D printer without a Sasquatch skeleton? IIRC, the plastique-fantastique was made for media activity. I can't remember who bankrolled it.

[Incorrigible1]

3 hours ago, norseman said:

I think Denisovans are a pretty tough sell. They are making beads, flutes, stone tools, spears and fire. And their cousins the Neanderthals did the same.

 

Their direct ancestor Homo Heidelbergensis also made stone tools, spears and fire. And they were also big tall people like Denisovans.

 

Is Sasquatch is in the Homo lineage? They must be some early off shoot of Homo Erectus which is more primitive than any of the above three. IMHO.
 

 

 

 

[Buckaloo]

11 hours ago, norseman said:

I think Denisovans are a pretty tough sell. They are making beads, flutes, stone tools, spears and fire. And their cousins the Neanderthals did the same.

 

Their direct ancestor Homo Heidelbergensis also made stone tools, spears and fire. And they were also big tall people like Denisovans.

 

Is Sasquatch is in the Homo lineage? They must be some early off shoot of Homo Erectus which is more primitive than any of the above three. IMHO.
 

 

Maybe not that tough a sell.  Some evidence of Denisovan tool use comes from caves also occupied by Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens, so it's not 100% settled.  Even if Denisovans did use tools, some groups could have opted out of it in favor of a more "wild" lifestyle. 

 

The avoidance-theory that this guy floats, speculates that hallmarks of civilization (like tool use) would increase interactions with other human-species.  That in turn would lead to competition, which would lead to some species being decimated.

 

The thing that some get wrong about evolution and the survival of a species, is that it's not locked into moving in one particular direction.  Tool use, leading to civilization, leading to technology may not be a forgone conclusion with some hominum species.  It may just be one possible survival strategy. 

 

We see this avoidance-theory to some extent in modern humans with the few remaining uncontacted tribes.  They choose a stone-age lifestyle (how is that even possible in 2026?) and even violently resist contact.  Perhaps Denisovans were more physically equipped to adopt a wild, natural lifestyle.  Whatever Sasquatch is, their lifestyle has worked for them!