I hate to be the linguist/lawyer type, but this kind of language is a huge part of the problem with regard to the cryptid hominins.    Modern: "relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past."   Human: "Of the genus Homo, of which Homo sapiens is the only extant human species."   Neanderthals were modern humans. Denisovans were modern humans. You and I are modern humans. If sasquatches, almas, almasties, yerens, etc are discovered and (most li