#729 Gregory Forth - Between Ape and Human: An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid
RECORDED ON JULY 29th 2022.
Dr. Gregory Forth received his doctorate at Oxford and was a professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta for more than three decades. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and is the author of more than one hundred scholarly papers and several academic books. His latest book is Between Ape and Human: An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid.
In this episode, we focus on Between Ape and Human. We first talk about Homo floresiensis: its discovery, its traits, and its relation to other hominins. We then get into the ethnographic work Dr. Forth did with peoples from the island of Flores. We go into more detail about the Lio people and their myth of the “ape-man”. We discuss if the “ape-man” could be H. floresiensis. We talk about the extent to which anthropologists can rely on people’s claims. Finally, we discuss how humans relate to (and think about) “not-quite-human” animals.
Time Links:
Intro
Homo floresiensis – its discovery, its traits, and its relation to other hominins
Peoples of the island of Flores
The Lio people and the myth of the “ape-man”
Can the “ape-man” be H. floresiensis?
To what extent can anthropologists rely on people’s claims?
How humans relate to “not-quite-human” animals
Follow Dr. Forth’s work!
Follow Dr. Forth’s work:
Faculty page: https://bit.ly/3QW4qGG
Website: https://bit.ly/3bAEBfl
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/3I1ncc0
Between Ape and Human: https://amzn.to/3xXtfcY