Spooktober: Cryptoanthropology - The Dirt 64

What this episode covers

It's here! Spooktober is here! Your (g)hosts kick off the month with an exploration of things that go bump in the woods, and discuss what anthropology has to say about Bigfoot. Turns out, a whole lot. There's skepticism, mild skepticism, and then there's theory that may finally break Anna altogether. LinksIs Bigfoot Real? The Long Strange Story of Our Search for Bigfoot (Popular Mechanics) [https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a23622082/bigfoot-history/]People Have Been Chasing Bigfoot for 60 Years—Here's How It Began (History.com) [https://www.history.com/news/bigfoot-legend-newspaper]Bigfoot 411 [http://www.bigfoot411.com/]Them + Us [http://themandus.org/]Homo heidelbergensis (Smithsonian Museum of Natural History) [http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-heidelbergensis]Bigfoot Culture and Belief of Sasquatch in the United States (Esri) [https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=a64e370436be48239ee334333522e851]The Science Behind Bigfoot an Interview With Dr. Jeff Meldrum (BYU-Idaho Radio) [http://www.byui.edu/radio/the-science-behind-bigfoot-an-interview-with-dr-jeff-meldrum]Are Other Hominins (Hominoids) Alive Today? (Relict Hominid Inquiry) [https://www.isu.edu/media/libraries/rhi/from-the-editor/Are-Other.pdf]Bigfoot DNA (Monster Talk) [https://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/monstertalk/09/07/02/transcript/]We Burn as Many Calories as Hunter-Gatherers, So What Makes Us Fat? (Time) [http://healthland.time.com/2012/07/26/modern-lazy-people-burn-as-many-calories-as-hunter-gatherers-so-what-makes-us-fat/]How many humans would it take to keep our species alive? One scientist's surprising answer (NBC News) [https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/how-many-humans-would-it-take-keep-our-species-alive-ncna900151]Bigfoot Skepticism (Monster Talk) [https://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/monstertalk/16/05/25/]ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast [[email protected]]