Posted on 06/09/2016 4:55:27 PM PDT by SteveH
His mythology studies were discredited when it was discovered that the hero only had a little over 900 faces.
Eeeeek!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/12/grimm-brothers-fairytales-horror-new-translation
LOL
At least get the guy’s name right: it’s Joseph Smith, not Campbell.
The dragons so popular in Chinese mythology are no doubt skeletons of dinosaurs which are very common in certain parts of China. Word travels, and big bones are also found in other places.
[[ I’m betting it’s the same person who created the fairy tale that 0vomit, with no actual accomplishments in his entire life (not even getting into college without playing the affirmative action card) was a good choice for POTUS ]]
The answer, Alex (Trebek), is the entire liberal media.
Gigantopithecus (from the Ancient Greek γίγας gigas "giant", and πίθηκος pithekos "ape") is an extinct genus of ape that existed from perhaps nine million years to as recently as one hundred thousand years ago,[1] in what is now China, India, and Vietnam, placing Gigantopithecus in the same time frame and geographical location as several hominin species.[2] The fossil record suggests that individuals of the species Gigantopithecus blacki were the largest known apes that ever lived, standing up to 3 m (9.8 ft), and weighing up to 540 kg (1,190 lb).[1][3][4]
Just because the most recent age measured is 100,000 ya doesn’t mean they couldn’t have lived much more recently in small numbers. In general great ape fossils are rare because jungle habitat is not kind to the deceased.
a.k.a. Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti, etc.
Exactly.
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