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ity collide with dramatic mmpact.
Stories of huge, hairy, ape-like
creatures abound in the folk tales
at peaples throughout the world.
It has been known for several
decades from tossil finds that a
giant ape (Gigantopithecus, or
Giganto tor short) once roamed
areas later inhabited by early

humans.

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1,200 pounds, Giganto was the
largest ape (and not, incidentally,
one ot our forbears) known to

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that some wondered whether this
wasn’t the source of the
widespread and curiously similar
descriptions of Bigfoot-like
creatures that populate myihs re-
counted around the globe.

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Ciachon’s expeditions to Vietnam
in 1988 and 1989.

Working with Vietnamese
researchers, Ciochon and his
North American team found re-
mains of Giganto and early
humans (Homo erectus) in the
same locations and identical de-
posits, apparently proving that our
ancestors and this giant did exist at
the same time.

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and at times quite exciting story of
this ape-and-man hunt.

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glimpses of our past; what lies
ahead on this incredible human
journey?

In Man After Man — An An-
thropology of The Future (St.
Martin's Press/McClelland &
Stewart: 128 pp.; $27.95), Dougal
Dixon tackles this query with a
beautifully imaginative “survey”
of humankind over the course of
the next five million years.

Superbly illustrated, Man After
Man is highly recommended to
anyone who has ever wondered
about humankind's destiny.

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