Discovered: Circa 1350 A.D. Hominid

[Laisrean]

http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/circa-1350-ad/

You'll have to click on the link to see the picture. What is it? A Neanderthal? A bigfoot?

[Zibblsnrt]

A typically poorly-drawn example of a completely ordinary primate typical of the artistic style and drawing-by-description methods of the age?

[Laisrean]

A typically poorly-drawn example of a completely ordinary primate typical of the artistic style and drawing-by-description methods of the age?

Could very well be a monkey. There really weren't any other primates known in europe at this time, were there?

Yet European legends of the time do mention Wodewoses and so on. *shrug*

[Fluoxetine]

Were the Gibralter monkeys around at that time, as they were used as oddities maybe at that time?

[_Banbha_]

Medieval artists and scribes depicted images of exotic animals based on second-hand knowlege. There some foriegn animals often look like the end result of a game of telephone. :hehehehe:

Check out some medieval ape images here (http://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgallery148.htm#). I think "Ape putting on boot" looks a lot like yours. It's the forth picture on the sidebar.

[_Banbha_]

I was just looking through the ape pictures on the link I provided and found the picture on the Cryptozoology page. Here is it's title:

An ape examines a flask. This is probably the "ape as physician" (or "physician as ape") theme, and the flask contains urine.


How do they know the flask contains urine? :huh:

[LostSheep]

Medieval artists and scribes depicted images of exotic animals based on second-hand knowlege. There some foriegn animals often look like the end result of a game of telephone. :hehehehe:

Check out some medieval ape images here (http://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgallery148.htm#). I think "Ape putting on boot" looks a lot like yours. It's the forth picture on the sidebar.

That medieval bestiary looks fun. Sheep get their name (ovis) because they were originally the offering (oblatio) of the ancients to the gods. :hrmm:

I note that it also says Sheep have soft wool and weak bodies. ... but are noted for their intellect. really.