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Between Ape and Human

An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid

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Between Ape and Human

By: Gregory Forth
Narrated by: Mike Cooper
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While doing fieldwork on the remote Indonesian island of Flores, anthropologist Gregory Forth came across people talking about half-apelike, half-humanlike creatures that once lived in a cave on the slopes of a nearby volcano. Over the years he continued to record what locals had to say about these mystery hominoids while searching for ways to explain them as imaginary symbols of the wild or other cultural representations.

In Between Ape and Human, we follow Forth on the trail of this mystery hominoid, and the space they occupy in islanders' culture as both natural creatures and as supernatural beings. In a narrative filled with adventure, Lio culture and language, zoology and natural history, Forth comes to a startling and controversial conclusion.

Unique, important, and thought-provoking, this book will appeal to anyone interested in human evolution, the survival of species (including our own), and how humans might relate to 'not-quite-human' animals. A must-listen for all those interested in cryptozoology, it is the only firsthand investigation by a leading anthropologist into the possible survival of a primitive species of human into recent times—and its coexistence with modern humans.

©2022 Gregory Forth (P)2022 Tantor Anthropology Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Oceania Social Sciences Tradition Fiction
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this book is very enjoyable and intellectually challenging. it starts many dinner conversations and debates. well argued science, but easy to follow for all

how we know what we know

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Excellent speaker. The author brought up and described how anthropologists investigate things in an interesting and humorous way.

Objective investigation made entertaining

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i am a student of Anthropology at SNHU and this was a great informative, and analytical listen. i loved the perspecrives brought, and it was read eloquently

great educational listen

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