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The drawing shows a robust, long-armed biped in a mountain setting.", "interpretation": "One generic illustration, not separate records for each name in its description.", "traits": [ "Dense body hair", "Long arms", "Broad torso", "Walking pose" ], "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "licenseUrl": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "rightsNote": "", "aiStatus": "Not stated by source; no AI determination has been made from appearance.", "accountId": null, "accountUrl": null, "sourceGroupNote": "", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 258, "imageHeight": 333 }, { "id": "bft411-chart-howler-monkey", "title": "Howler Monkey", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Thought-experiment illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "fullImage": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bigfoot411.com/bigfoot-types.html", "sourceGroup": "schlosser-ancestry-chart-2017", "sourceGroupNote": "One of eleven panels from David Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart. These share one source and do not represent eleven independently documented encounters.", "creator": "David Schlosser (chart); embedded image creator not identified", "imageDate": "2017 (chart publication)", "encounterDate": "Not applicable: this panel illustrates a proposed type, not a dated encounter.", "region": "Unspecified in chart", "place": "Unspecified in chart", "caption": "Panel labeled “Howler Monkey” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "alt": "Panel labeled “Howler Monkey” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "interpretation": "A named representation in Schlosser’s chart. The proposed connections are the author’s interpretation; this panel is not attached to an individual encounter.", "traits": [ "Dark facial hair", "Broad muzzle" ], "license": "User-supplied reference · © 2017 David Schlosser", "rightsNote": "Copyright 2017 David Schlosser. User supplied this chart for discussion and the project. No general open license found. Individual embedded-image rights are not established by the chart credit.", "aiStatus": "Not documented", "crop": [ 391, 7503, 536, 795 ], "imageWidth": 7499, "imageHeight": 10833, "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "previewSrc": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-chart-preview.jpg", "previewCrop": [ 57, 414, 79, 118 ], "previewWidth": 1100, "previewHeight": 747 }, { "id": "jnl-bigfoot-woods", "title": "Bigfoot in the woods", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Artist illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/jnl-bigfoot-woods.png", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bigfoot_ill_artlibre_jnl.png", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bigfoot_ill_artlibre_jnl.png", "creator": "JNL (Jean-no)", "imageDate": "2005-10-23 (first Commons upload; creation date unspecified)", "encounterDate": null, "region": "North America (subject; scene not geolocated)", "place": "North America (subject; scene not geolocated)", "caption": "JNL’s illustration places a brown-haired figure partly behind a tree, with the face visible against a forest background.", "alt": "JNL’s illustration places a brown-haired figure partly behind a tree, with the face visible against a forest background.", "interpretation": "An artist’s scene; the source does not identify an underlying encounter.", "traits": [ "Brown body hair", "Exposed face", "Forest setting", "Partly obscured body" ], "license": "Free Art License", "licenseUrl": "https://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/", "rightsNote": "", "aiStatus": "Not stated by source; no AI determination has been made from appearance.", "accountId": null, "accountUrl": null, "sourceGroupNote": "", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 800, "imageHeight": 1105 }, { "id": "bft411-chart-gibbon-y", "title": "Gibbon-y", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Thought-experiment illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "fullImage": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bigfoot411.com/bigfoot-types.html", "sourceGroup": "schlosser-ancestry-chart-2017", "sourceGroupNote": "One of eleven panels from David Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart. These share one source and do not represent eleven independently documented encounters.", "creator": "David Schlosser (chart); embedded image creator not identified", "imageDate": "2017 (chart publication)", "encounterDate": "Not applicable: this panel illustrates a proposed type, not a dated encounter.", "region": "Unspecified in chart", "place": "Unspecified in chart", "caption": "Panel labeled “Gibbon-y” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "alt": "Panel labeled “Gibbon-y” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "interpretation": "A named representation in Schlosser’s chart. The proposed connections are the author’s interpretation; this panel is not attached to an individual encounter.", "traits": [ "Light fur around face", "Dark facial skin" ], "license": "User-supplied reference · © 2017 David Schlosser", "rightsNote": "Copyright 2017 David Schlosser. User supplied this chart for discussion and the project. No general open license found. Individual embedded-image rights are not established by the chart credit.", "aiStatus": "Not documented", "crop": [ 1061, 7502, 536, 800 ], "imageWidth": 7499, "imageHeight": 10833, "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "previewSrc": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-chart-preview.jpg", "previewCrop": [ 155, 414, 80, 118 ], "previewWidth": 1100, "previewHeight": 747 }, { "id": "loftwyn-ohio-grassman", "title": "Ohio Grassman — artist study", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Artist illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/loftwyn-ohio-grassman.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ohio_Grassman_Study_(Partial_Page).jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ohio_Grassman_Study_(Partial_Page).jpg", "creator": "Loftwyn", "imageDate": "2018-08-23", "encounterDate": null, "region": "Ohio, United States (subject)", "place": "Ohio, United States (subject)", "caption": "A study drawing of the Ohio Grassman, showing a bulky body, long arms and hair extending around the face.", "alt": "A study drawing of the Ohio Grassman, showing a bulky body, long arms and hair extending around the face.", "interpretation": "The repository describes an artist’s study; no particular witness or encounter is identified.", "traits": [ "Long body hair", "Broad face", "Long arms", "Standing pose" ], "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0", "rightsNote": "", "aiStatus": "Not stated by source; no AI determination has been made from appearance.", "accountId": null, "accountUrl": null, "sourceGroupNote": "", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 960, "imageHeight": 1779 }, { "id": "bft411-chart-orangutan-ish", "title": "Orangutan-ish", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Thought-experiment illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "fullImage": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bigfoot411.com/bigfoot-types.html", "sourceGroup": "schlosser-ancestry-chart-2017", "sourceGroupNote": "One of eleven panels from David Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart. These share one source and do not represent eleven independently documented encounters.", "creator": "David Schlosser (chart); embedded image creator not identified", "imageDate": "2017 (chart publication)", "encounterDate": "Not applicable: this panel illustrates a proposed type, not a dated encounter.", "region": "Unspecified in chart", "place": "Unspecified in chart", "caption": "Panel labeled “Orangutan-ish” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "alt": "Panel labeled “Orangutan-ish” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "interpretation": "A named representation in Schlosser’s chart. The proposed connections are the author’s interpretation; this panel is not attached to an individual encounter.", "traits": [ "Long dark hair", "Broad muzzle" ], "license": "User-supplied reference · © 2017 David Schlosser", "rightsNote": "Copyright 2017 David Schlosser. User supplied this chart for discussion and the project. No general open license found. Individual embedded-image rights are not established by the chart credit.", "aiStatus": "Not documented", "crop": [ 1758, 7503, 536, 786 ], "imageWidth": 7499, "imageHeight": 10833, "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "previewSrc": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-chart-preview.jpg", "previewCrop": [ 257, 414, 80, 116 ], "previewWidth": 1100, "previewHeight": 747 }, { "id": "bertelink-orang-pendek", "title": "Orang Pendek — artist impression", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Artist illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/bertelink-orang-pendek.png", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orang_Pendek.png", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orang_Pendek.png", "creator": "Tim Bertelink", "imageDate": "2016-04-29 (original); current illustration revised 2020-10-07", "encounterDate": null, "region": "Sumatra, Indonesia (subject)", "place": "Sumatra, Indonesia (subject)", "caption": "A reddish-haired, long-armed figure shown beside a human outline. Both anatomy and relative size are the artist’s interpretation.", "alt": "A reddish-haired, long-armed figure shown beside a human outline. Both anatomy and relative size are the artist’s interpretation.", "interpretation": "The scale graphic is an illustration element, not a measurement of a documented specimen.", "traits": [ "Reddish body hair", "Long arms", "Rounded head", "Short stature depicted" ], "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0", "rightsNote": "", "aiStatus": "Not stated by source; no AI determination has been made from appearance.", "accountId": null, "accountUrl": null, "sourceGroupNote": "", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 960, "imageHeight": 918 }, { "id": "bft411-chart-gorilla-like", "title": "Gorilla-like", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Thought-experiment illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "fullImage": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bigfoot411.com/bigfoot-types.html", "sourceGroup": "schlosser-ancestry-chart-2017", "sourceGroupNote": "One of eleven panels from David Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart. These share one source and do not represent eleven independently documented encounters.", "creator": "David Schlosser (chart); embedded image creator not identified", "imageDate": "2017 (chart publication)", "encounterDate": "Not applicable: this panel illustrates a proposed type, not a dated encounter.", "region": "Unspecified in chart", "place": "Unspecified in chart", "caption": "Panel labeled “Gorilla-like” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "alt": "Panel labeled “Gorilla-like” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "interpretation": "A named representation in Schlosser’s chart. The proposed connections are the author’s interpretation; this panel is not attached to an individual encounter.", "traits": [ "Broad nose", "Heavy brow" ], "license": "User-supplied reference · © 2017 David Schlosser", "rightsNote": "Copyright 2017 David Schlosser. User supplied this chart for discussion and the project. No general open license found. Individual embedded-image rights are not established by the chart credit.", "aiStatus": "Not documented", "crop": [ 2455, 7503, 536, 786 ], "imageWidth": 7499, "imageHeight": 10833, "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "previewSrc": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-chart-preview.jpg", "previewCrop": [ 360, 414, 79, 116 ], "previewWidth": 1100, "previewHeight": 747 }, { "id": "lecire-bigfoot", "title": "Bigfoot — pencil and digital illustration", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Artist illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/lecire-bigfoot.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pie_Grande.jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pie_Grande.jpg", "creator": "LeCire", "imageDate": "2006-03-24 (original upload)", "encounterDate": null, "region": "North America (subject)", "place": "North America (subject)", "caption": "A pencil drawing with digital enhancement, depicting a broad-chested, long-armed, upright figure with dark body hair.", "alt": "A pencil drawing with digital enhancement, depicting a broad-chested, long-armed, upright figure with dark body hair.", "interpretation": "The Spanish file title means Bigfoot; it does not establish a Mexican encounter or regional type.", "traits": [ "Dark body hair", "Broad chest", "Long arms", "Standing pose" ], "license": "Public domain — author release", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "rightsNote": "", "aiStatus": "Not stated by source; no AI determination has been made from appearance.", "accountId": null, "accountUrl": null, "sourceGroupNote": "", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 856, "imageHeight": 1447 }, { "id": "bft411-chart-chimp-like", "title": "Chimp-like", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Thought-experiment illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "fullImage": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bigfoot411.com/bigfoot-types.html", "sourceGroup": "schlosser-ancestry-chart-2017", "sourceGroupNote": "One of eleven panels from David Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart. These share one source and do not represent eleven independently documented encounters.", "creator": "David Schlosser (chart); embedded image creator not identified", "imageDate": "2017 (chart publication)", "encounterDate": "Not applicable: this panel illustrates a proposed type, not a dated encounter.", "region": "Unspecified in chart", "place": "Unspecified in chart", "caption": "Panel labeled “Chimp-like” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "alt": "Panel labeled “Chimp-like” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "interpretation": "A named representation in Schlosser’s chart. The proposed connections are the author’s interpretation; this panel is not attached to an individual encounter.", "traits": [ "Broad projecting muzzle", "Light eyes" ], "license": "User-supplied reference · © 2017 David Schlosser", "rightsNote": "Copyright 2017 David Schlosser. User supplied this chart for discussion and the project. No general open license found. Individual embedded-image rights are not established by the chart credit.", "aiStatus": "Not documented", "crop": [ 3143, 7503, 536, 802 ], "imageWidth": 7499, "imageHeight": 10833, "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "previewSrc": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-chart-preview.jpg", "previewCrop": [ 461, 414, 79, 119 ], "previewWidth": 1100, "previewHeight": 747 }, { "id": "baxter-sasquatch-scene", "title": "Sasquatch — forest scene", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Visual artwork — method unspecified", "src": "assets/bigfoot/baxter-sasquatch-scene.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sasquatch.jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sasquatch.jpg", "creator": "Steve Baxter", "imageDate": "2014-11-25 (source date)", "encounterDate": null, "region": "Unspecified forest scene", "place": "Unspecified forest scene", "caption": "A small, dark figure appears in a wide forest scene published by Steve Baxter. The source does not identify an encounter behind it.", "alt": "A small, dark figure appears in a wide forest scene published by Steve Baxter. The source does not identify an encounter behind it.", "interpretation": "Presentation is recorded as visual artwork; photographic appearance alone does not establish that it depicts an encounter. Exact production method is unspecified.", "traits": [ "Dark body hair", "Upright pose", "Forest setting", "Distant figure" ], "license": "Public domain — author marking", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "rightsNote": "", "aiStatus": "Not stated by source; no AI determination has been made from appearance.", "accountId": null, "accountUrl": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139800128@N03/25546846833/", "sourceGroupNote": "", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 960, "imageHeight": 360 }, { "id": "bft411-chart-boogers", "title": "Boogers", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Thought-experiment illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "fullImage": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bigfoot411.com/bigfoot-types.html", "sourceGroup": "schlosser-ancestry-chart-2017", "sourceGroupNote": "One of eleven panels from David Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart. These share one source and do not represent eleven independently documented encounters.", "creator": "David Schlosser (chart); embedded image creator not identified", "imageDate": "2017 (chart publication)", "encounterDate": "Not applicable: this panel illustrates a proposed type, not a dated encounter.", "region": "Unspecified in chart", "place": "Unspecified in chart", "caption": "Panel labeled “Boogers” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "alt": "Panel labeled “Boogers” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "interpretation": "A named representation in Schlosser’s chart. The proposed connections are the author’s interpretation; this panel is not attached to an individual encounter.", "traits": [ "Open mouth", "Prominent teeth" ], "license": "User-supplied reference · © 2017 David Schlosser", "rightsNote": "Copyright 2017 David Schlosser. User supplied this chart for discussion and the project. No general open license found. Individual embedded-image rights are not established by the chart credit.", "aiStatus": "Not documented", "crop": [ 3831, 7503, 536, 802 ], "imageWidth": 7499, "imageHeight": 10833, "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "previewSrc": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-chart-preview.jpg", "previewCrop": [ 562, 414, 79, 119 ], "previewWidth": 1100, "previewHeight": 747 }, { "id": "wild-family-1455", "title": "Wild man, woman and child — circa 1455", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Historical artwork", "src": "assets/bigfoot/wild-family-1455.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_man_defending_wild_woman_and_child,_ca._1455,_Master_of_the_Nuremberg_Passion.jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_man_defending_wild_woman_and_child,_ca._1455,_Master_of_the_Nuremberg_Passion.jpg", "creator": "Master of the Nuremberg Passion", "imageDate": "Circa 1455 (artwork)", "encounterDate": null, "region": "Europe · German artistic tradition", "place": "Europe · German artistic tradition", "caption": "An engraving of a wild man defending a woman and child. Hair-covered human figures form part of this historical artistic motif.", "alt": "An engraving of a wild man defending a woman and child. Hair-covered human figures form part of this historical artistic motif.", "interpretation": "Included for comparison of imagery. The artwork is not an encounter record or a proposed biological ancestor of Bigfoot.", "traits": [ "Hair-covered bodies", "Human proportions", "Group depiction", "Club depicted" ], "license": "Public domain — historical artwork", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "rightsNote": "", "aiStatus": "Not stated by source; no AI determination has been made from appearance.", "accountId": null, "accountUrl": null, "sourceGroupNote": "", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 960, "imageHeight": 593 }, { "id": "bft411-chart-sasquatch", "title": "Sasquatch", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Thought-experiment illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "fullImage": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bigfoot411.com/bigfoot-types.html", "sourceGroup": "schlosser-ancestry-chart-2017", "sourceGroupNote": "One of eleven panels from David Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart. These share one source and do not represent eleven independently documented encounters.", "creator": "David Schlosser (chart); embedded image creator not identified", "imageDate": "2017 (chart publication)", "encounterDate": "Not applicable: this panel illustrates a proposed type, not a dated encounter.", "region": "Unspecified in chart", "place": "Unspecified in chart", "caption": "Panel labeled “Sasquatch” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "alt": "Panel labeled “Sasquatch” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "interpretation": "A named representation in Schlosser’s chart. The proposed connections are the author’s interpretation; this panel is not attached to an individual encounter.", "traits": [ "Dark fur", "Broad face" ], "license": "User-supplied reference · © 2017 David Schlosser", "rightsNote": "Copyright 2017 David Schlosser. User supplied this chart for discussion and the project. No general open license found. Individual embedded-image rights are not established by the chart credit.", "aiStatus": "Not documented", "crop": [ 4524, 7502, 537, 787 ], "imageWidth": 7499, "imageHeight": 10833, "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "previewSrc": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-chart-preview.jpg", "previewCrop": [ 663, 414, 80, 116 ], "previewWidth": 1100, "previewHeight": 747 }, { "id": "wild-man-1487", "title": "Wild man with a coat of arms — 1487", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Historical artwork", "src": "assets/bigfoot/wild-man-1487.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilder_Mann_mit_umgeh%C3%A4ngtem_Wappen_1487.jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilder_Mann_mit_umgeh%C3%A4ngtem_Wappen_1487.jpg", "creator": "Artist unidentified in repository record", "imageDate": "1487 (as catalogued)", "encounterDate": null, "region": "Europe · heraldic tradition", "place": "Europe · heraldic tradition", "caption": "A hairy, bearded wild-man figure carries a club and a coat of arms. The repository dates the work to 1487.", "alt": "A hairy, bearded wild-man figure carries a club and a coat of arms. The repository dates the work to 1487.", "interpretation": "Historical heraldic imagery. The original artist and publication are not identified in the repository record.", "traits": [ "Body hair", "Beard", "Human proportions", "Club depicted" ], "license": "Public domain — historical artwork", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "rightsNote": "", "aiStatus": "Not stated by source; no AI determination has been made from appearance.", "accountId": null, "accountUrl": null, "sourceGroupNote": "", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 960, "imageHeight": 1542 }, { "id": "bft411-chart-almas", "title": "Almas", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Thought-experiment illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "fullImage": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-ancestry-chart-2017.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bigfoot411.com/bigfoot-types.html", "sourceGroup": "schlosser-ancestry-chart-2017", "sourceGroupNote": "One of eleven panels from David Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart. These share one source and do not represent eleven independently documented encounters.", "creator": "David Schlosser (chart); embedded image creator not identified", "imageDate": "2017 (chart publication)", "encounterDate": "Not applicable: this panel illustrates a proposed type, not a dated encounter.", "region": "Unspecified in chart", "place": "Unspecified in chart", "caption": "Panel labeled “Almas” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "alt": "Panel labeled “Almas” in Schlosser’s 2017 thought-experiment chart.", "interpretation": "A named representation in Schlosser’s chart. The proposed connections are the author’s interpretation; this panel is not attached to an individual encounter.", "traits": [ "Long facial hair", "Broad nose" ], "license": "User-supplied reference · © 2017 David Schlosser", "rightsNote": "Copyright 2017 David Schlosser. User supplied this chart for discussion and the project. No general open license found. Individual embedded-image rights are not established by the chart credit.", "aiStatus": "Not documented", "crop": [ 5202, 7503, 537, 785 ], "imageWidth": 7499, "imageHeight": 10833, "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "previewSrc": "assets/bigfoot/bigfoot411-chart-preview.jpg", "previewCrop": [ 763, 414, 79, 116 ], "previewWidth": 1100, "previewHeight": 747 }, { "id": "duesiester-yeti-1979", "title": "Yeti — description-based drawing, 1979", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Description-based illustration", "src": "assets/bigfoot/duesiester-yeti-1979.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yeti1979.jpg", "sourceGroup": "doig-hillary-high-in-thin-cold-air", "creator": "Edwin Duesiester", "imageDate": "1979 (drawing); uploaded 2017", "encounterDate": null, "region": "Himalayas (subject)", "place": "Himalayas (subject)", "caption": "The artist says this drawing was based on descriptions in High in the Thin Cold Air by Desmond Doig and Edmund Hillary.", "alt": "The artist says this drawing was based on descriptions in High in the Thin Cold Air by Desmond Doig and Edmund Hillary.", "interpretation": "A rendering derived from a book, not an independent eyewitness account by the artist. 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Sediment DNA occurs in deposits around 250–170 ka; a Tibetan rib dates to 48–32 ka. The displayed evidence envelope is neither an origin nor an extinction estimate.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0", "rightsNote": "Commons thumbnail; displayed to fit.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. 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The approximately 67 and 50 ka dates are minimum ages, not a demonstrated origin–extinction span. The hatched bar is a reference window for those dated finds.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0", "rightsNote": "Commons thumbnail; displayed to fit.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. 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Their narrow dating interval does not mean that the species existed for only three thousand years. Its relationship to Homo remains disputed.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0", "rightsNote": "Commons thumbnail; displayed to fit.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 960, "imageHeight": 1200 }, { "id": "evolution-pierolapithecus", "taxonId": "pierolapithecus", "title": "Pierolapithecus catalaunicus", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Skull reconstruction", "src": "assets/evolution/pierolapithecus.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierolapithecus_catalaunicus_(Kopie).jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierolapithecus_catalaunicus_(Kopie).jpg", "creator": "Nasobema lyricum", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "Approximately 12 Ma; dated occurrence", "region": "Spain", "place": "Spain", "caption": "Reconstructed skull replica of Pierolapithecus catalaunicus at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell.", "alt": "Reconstructed skull replica of Pierolapithecus catalaunicus in a museum display.", "interpretation": "A partial skeleton and reconstructed skull document a Miocene great ape. Upright body posture is not the same thing as habitual human-style walking. Its exact relationships remain debated.", "traits": [], "license": "CC0 1.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 500, "imageHeight": 695 }, { "id": "evolution-rudapithecus", "taxonId": "rudapithecus", "title": "Rudapithecus hungaricus", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Skull reconstruction", "src": "assets/evolution/rudapithecus.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rudapithecus_hungaricus_skull.jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rudapithecus_hungaricus_skull.jpg", "creator": "Ryan Somma", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "Approximately 10 Ma; dated occurrence", "region": "Hungary", "place": "Hungary", "caption": "Reconstructed fossil skull of Rudapithecus hungaricus displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.", "alt": "Rudapithecus hungaricus reconstructed skull", "interpretation": "Pelvic evidence suggests a flexible torso in this Miocene ape. Its anatomy helps researchers test ideas about ancestral posture; it does not establish a simple crawl-to-walk sequence.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 960, "imageHeight": 637 }, { "id": "evolution-oreopithecus", "taxonId": "oreopithecus", "title": "Oreopithecus bambolii", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Fossil photograph", "src": "assets/evolution/oreopithecus.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oreopithecus_bambolii_-_skeleton_from_Monte_Bamboli.JPG", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oreopithecus_bambolii_-_skeleton_from_Monte_Bamboli.JPG", "creator": "Ghedoghedo", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "8.3 Ma–6.7 Ma; fossil reference range", "region": "Italy", "place": "Italy", "caption": "Oreopithecus bambolii fossil skeleton, photographed at the palaeontology museum in Florence.", "alt": "Oreopithecus bambolii fossil skeleton", "interpretation": "A late Miocene ape from the Tuscan–Sardinian region. Its unusual anatomy and phylogenetic position are debated. The range shown follows dated fossil-bearing deposits, not a demonstrated human ancestry.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. 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Dated evidence reaches about 255 ka; a 2024 study models extinction within 295–215 ka. Its posture is not established by a complete skeleton, and a possible relationship to Bigfoot is a separate project hypothesis.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 500, "imageHeight": 546 }, { "id": "evolution-sahelanthropus-tchadensis", "taxonId": "sahelanthropus-tchadensis", "title": "Sahelanthropus tchadensis", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Museum specimen", "src": "assets/evolution/sahelanthropus-tchadensis.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sahelanthropus_tchadensis_skull_-_Naturmuseum_Senckenberg_-_DSC02104.JPG", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sahelanthropus_tchadensis_skull_-_Naturmuseum_Senckenberg_-_DSC02104.JPG", "creator": "Daderot", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "7 Ma–6 Ma; fossil reference range", "region": "Chad", "place": "Chad", "caption": "Sahelanthropus skull exhibit at Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt, Germany.", "alt": "Sahelanthropus tchadensis skull museum exhibit", "interpretation": "A candidate early hominin near the human–chimpanzee divergence. Its small brain and cranial traits illustrate a mosaic of features. Neither its precise placement nor its full locomotor behavior is settled.", "traits": [], "license": "CC0 1.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 960, "imageHeight": 720 }, { "id": "evolution-orrorin-tugenensis", "taxonId": "orrorin-tugenensis", "title": "Orrorin tugenensis", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Fossil cast", "src": "assets/evolution/orrorin-tugenensis.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orrorin_NMNH.jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orrorin_NMNH.jpg", "creator": "Jonathan Chen", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "6.2 Ma–5.8 Ma; fossil reference range", "region": "Kenya", "place": "Kenya", "caption": "Cast of femur BAR 1002'00 at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.", "alt": "Orrorin tugenensis femur cast", "interpretation": "Thigh-bone anatomy supports some upright walking, alongside climbing adaptations. These fossils overlap the end of the broad Sahelanthropus reference interval; the two are not presented as a proven parent–child pair.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 852, "imageHeight": 2592 }, { "id": "evolution-ardipithecus-kadabba", "taxonId": "ardipithecus-kadabba", "title": "Ardipithecus kadabba", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Fossil illustration", "src": "assets/evolution/ardipithecus-kadabba.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardipithecus_kadabba_fossils.jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardipithecus_kadabba_fossils.jpg", "creator": "Lucius (Italian Wikipedia)", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "5.8 Ma–5.2 Ma; fossil reference range", "region": "Ethiopia", "place": "Ethiopia", "caption": "Illustration of fossil remains attributed to Ardipithecus kadabba, assembled by Lucius in 2004.", "alt": "Black-and-white illustration of Ardipithecus kadabba fossil fragments.", "interpretation": "Known from fragmentary bones and teeth. A toe bone contributes evidence for upright locomotion. The record is sparse, and the beginning and end of the species are not directly observed.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 392, "imageHeight": 286 }, { "id": "evolution-ardipithecus-ramidus", "taxonId": "ardipithecus-ramidus", "title": "Ardipithecus ramidus", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Museum specimen", "src": "assets/evolution/ardipithecus-ramidus.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardipithecus_ramidus.jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardipithecus_ramidus.jpg", "creator": "Tiia Monto", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "Approximately 4.4 Ma; dated occurrence", "region": "Ethiopia", "place": "Ethiopia", "caption": "Ardipithecus ramidus skull exhibit at Spain's National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid.", "alt": "Ardipithecus ramidus skull museum exhibit", "interpretation": "The “Ardi” skeleton combines features associated with climbing and upright movement. The single marker reflects the reference date of the well-known material, not a zero-length species lifespan.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 500, "imageHeight": 556 }, { "id": "evolution-australopithecus-anamensis", "taxonId": "australopithecus-anamensis", "title": "Australopithecus anamensis", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Museum specimen", "src": "assets/evolution/australopithecus-anamensis.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_anamensis_5476.JPG", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_anamensis_5476.JPG", "creator": "Ghedoghedo", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "4.2 Ma–3.8 Ma; fossil reference range", "region": "Kenya & Ethiopia", "place": "Kenya & Ethiopia", "caption": "Jaw and limb-bone material presented as Australopithecus anamensis at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels; photographed in 2015.", "alt": "Australopithecus anamensis jaw and limb-bone material in a museum display.", "interpretation": "Shin-bone and ankle anatomy indicate regular bipedal walking. A proposed ancestral relationship to A. afarensis is shown as a dashed hypothesis; their fossil ranges overlap.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 960, "imageHeight": 480 }, { "id": "evolution-australopithecus-afarensis", "taxonId": "australopithecus-afarensis", "title": "Australopithecus afarensis", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Skull reconstruction", "src": "assets/evolution/australopithecus-afarensis.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_afarensis_reconstruction.JPG", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_afarensis_reconstruction.JPG", "creator": "Pbuergler; Commons crop by Dunkleosteus77", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "3.85 Ma–2.95 Ma; fossil reference range", "region": "Eastern Africa", "place": "Eastern Africa", "caption": "Reconstruction of Lucy's skull at the Natural History Museum Basel, Switzerland.", "alt": "Reconstructed skull of Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis", "interpretation": "Lucy’s species is known from many individuals. It lived alongside other hominin forms. Its appearance here is not a claim that every later species descended directly from it.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 500, "imageHeight": 565 }, { "id": "evolution-kenyanthropus-platyops", "taxonId": "kenyanthropus-platyops", "title": "Kenyanthropus platyops", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Skull reconstruction", "src": "assets/evolution/kenyanthropus-platyops.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kenyanthropus_platyops,_skull_(model).JPG", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kenyanthropus_platyops,_skull_(model).JPG", "creator": "Pavel Švejnar", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "Approximately 3.5 Ma; dated occurrence", "region": "Kenya", "place": "Kenya", "caption": "Skull model displayed at the Anthropos museum in Brno, Czech Republic.", "alt": "Kenyanthropus platyops skull model", "interpretation": "A distinctive flat-faced skull documents hominin diversity around the time of A. afarensis. The taxon’s status and relationships remain debated. This is a fossil occurrence marker.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 778, "imageHeight": 518 }, { "id": "evolution-australopithecus-deyiremeda", "taxonId": "australopithecus-deyiremeda", "title": "Australopithecus deyiremeda", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Fossil illustration", "src": "assets/evolution/australopithecus-deyiremeda.png", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_deyiremeda.png", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_deyiremeda.png", "creator": "A. C. Tatarinov", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "3.5 Ma–3.3 Ma; fossil reference range", "region": "Ethiopia", "place": "Ethiopia", "caption": "Line drawing of Australopithecus deyiremeda jaws and teeth BRT-VP-3/1 and BRT-VP-3/14, arranged in occlusion by A. C. Tatarinov.", "alt": "Line drawing of Australopithecus deyiremeda jaws and teeth.", "interpretation": "The original description placed this taxon alongside A. afarensis. Later work links additional anatomy to it; interpretation and ancestry remain debated. This chart retains the rounded 3.5–3.3 Ma reference interval.", "traits": [], "license": "CC0 1.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 890, "imageHeight": 890 }, { "id": "evolution-australopithecus-africanus", "taxonId": "australopithecus-africanus", "title": "Australopithecus africanus", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Fossil cast", "src": "assets/evolution/australopithecus-africanus.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_africanus_(mrs._Pless).jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_africanus_(mrs._Pless).jpg", "creator": "José Manuel Benito Álvarez (Locutus Borg)", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "3.3 Ma–2.1 Ma; fossil reference range", "region": "South Africa", "place": "South Africa", "caption": "Replica of the Mrs. Ples skull, STS 5, displayed at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria.", "alt": "Australopithecus africanus Mrs. Ples skull replica", "interpretation": "Pelvic and leg anatomy support bipedality; upper limbs retain climbing features. Dates follow the Smithsonian reference interval. Dating and taxonomic treatment of some South African material vary among studies.", "traits": [], "license": "Public domain", "licenseUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_africanus_(mrs._Pless).jpg#Licensing", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 500, "imageHeight": 503 }, { "id": "evolution-australopithecus-garhi", "taxonId": "australopithecus-garhi", "title": "Australopithecus garhi", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Museum specimen", "src": "assets/evolution/australopithecus-garhi.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_garhi-_white_background.jpg", "sourceGroup": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australopithecus_garhi-_white_background.jpg", "creator": "宜蘭第一公民", "imageDate": "Not recorded in this catalog", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "Approximately 2.5 Ma; dated occurrence", "region": "Ethiopia", "place": "Ethiopia", "caption": "Australopithecus garhi exhibit from the palaeontology collections of the National Museum of Ethiopia.", "alt": "Australopithecus garhi fossil skull exhibit", "interpretation": "Known from limited material near Bouri. Associated limb remains suggest longer strides, but attribution and evolutionary relationships require care. The marker denotes a dated occurrence.", "traits": [], "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/", "rightsNote": "Downloaded source image; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 500, "imageHeight": 573 }, { "id": "evolution-danuvius", "taxonId": "danuvius", "title": "Danuvius guggenmosi", "scope": "evolution", "kind": "Life reconstruction", "src": "assets/evolution/danuvius.webp", "sourceUrl": "https://uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/aktuelles-und-publikationen/newsfullview-aktuell/article/neuer-vorfahr-des-menschen-in-europa-entdeckt/", "sourceGroup": "https://uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/aktuelles-und-publikationen/newsfullview-aktuell/article/neuer-vorfahr-des-menschen-in-europa-entdeckt/", "creator": "Velizar Simeonovski / University of Tübingen", "imageDate": "2019", "encounterDate": null, "evidenceRange": "Approximately 11.62 Ma; dated occurrence", "region": "Germany", "place": "Germany", "caption": "Artist’s reconstruction of a male Danuvius guggenmosi in a tree, published with the University of Tübingen’s 2019 research announcement.", "alt": "Artist’s reconstruction of Danuvius guggenmosi holding branches while standing in a tree.", "interpretation": "The original study proposed a combination of climbing and extended-limb support. It is not established as a direct human ancestor. This point marks the dated fossils, not the species’ entire existence.", "traits": [], "license": "University press image — research reporting use", "licenseUrl": "https://uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/aktuelles-und-publikationen/newsfullview-aktuell/article/neuer-vorfahr-des-menschen-in-europa-entdeckt/#Downloads", "rightsNote": "University press release dated 6 November 2019 permits free use of its accompanying images in reporting on this research project, with image credits observed. This is purpose-limited editorial permission, not a general Creative Commons license. Use only with the Danuvius fossil/research entry and its credited source. Do not reuse as a Bigfoot depiction or as unrestricted artwork. Official web rendition; displayed to fit without altering its content.", "aiStatus": "Not assessed. The source identifies the image type and credit shown here.", "reviewedOn": "2026-11-05", "imageWidth": 1200, "imageHeight": 1800 }, { "id": "meldrum-boisei-comparison", "title": "Paranthropus boisei and the Patterson-Gimlin subject", "scope": "bigfoot", "kind": "Published anatomical comparison", "src": "assets/bigfoot/meldrum-comparison.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://strangereality.blog/2024/01/29/interview-with-jeff-meldrum/", "sourceGroup": "meldrum-interview-2024", "creator": "Composite creator not credited on the interview page; film image from Roger Patterson’s 1967 footage", "imageDate": "Published with the 2024 interview; composite creation date unstated", "encounterDate": "1967-10-20 (reported filming date of the underlying film)", "region": "Bluff Creek, California (film subject)", "place": "Bluff Creek, California (film subject)", "caption": "A skull-to-film comparison published with Christophe Kilian’s interview of Jeff Meldrum. Meldrum proposes Paranthropus and Gigantopithecus as candidate relatives and discusses differences in size, geography, and locomotion.", "alt": "A Paranthropus boisei skull at left and the Patterson-Gimlin figure at right, with yellow horizontal comparison lines.", "interpretation": "The graphic is an anatomical comparison, not a fossil or DNA identification. Its publication in 2024 is not an encounter or divergence date.", "traits": [], "license": "No open license stated by source", "rightsNote": "Source image for discussion of the author’s specific comparison. Underlying image rights are not established by the interview’s publication. 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