Between ape and human : an anthropologist on the trail of a hidden hominoid / Gregory Forth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forth, Gregory, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flores man.

Fossil hominids.

Human evolution.

Prehistoric peoples.

Lio (Indonesian people).

Ethnology--Indonesia--Flores Island.

Ethnology.

Folklore--Indonesia--Flores Island.

Folklore.

homo floresiensis (extinct species).

Flores Island (Indonesia)--Social life and customs.

Flores Island (Indonesia).

Physical Description:

279 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.

Summary:

Discusses the author's research into skeletons belonging to a small-statured early human species discovered in 2003 on the remote Indonesian island of Flores, and stories from the inhabitants of Flores about half-apelike, half-humanlike creatures that lived on a nearby volcano, and the possibility that a primitive species of human had survived into recent times and co-existed with modern humans.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Ape-men of Flores Island

pt. I WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT APE-MEN

2. Ape-men as Natural Creatures

3. Ape-men as Supernaturals

pt. II STORIES OF APE-MEN

4. Ape-men in Myth and Legend

5. What Someone Told Someone Else, or Secondhand Stories of Ape-man Encounters

pt. III EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS

6. From Questionable Stories to Compelling Reports

7. More Remarkable Encounters

8. The Little Naked Man and Other Extraterritorial Sightings

pt. IV WHAT TO BELIEVE

9. What do Stories of Ape-men Tells Us and What Else Could They Be?

10. Could Ape-men Survive on Flores Island?.

Notes:

Originally published in hardcover 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781639363810

1639363815

OCLC:

1281581501

Publisher Number:

99992437157