Michael Cloncs

Hominids in Hoosierland: Along the Creek Michael Cloncs

What IF Homo erectus, Neanderthal, and Gigantopithecus [ " Big Foot " ], or some other hominid had made it to North America...? And, what IF some of the last survivors had dwelled in Indiana, along Sugar Creek,in Montgomery County...?... Perhaps there is evidence...although most was eradicated by so many of the earth's changes, including glaciation, flooding, volcanic activity, etc... Maybe most have not looked for evidence in the right places...? Recent archaeological discoveries have resurrected Homo erectus in Europe-beforehand, this had been considered impossible...also in Indonesia, and on Pacific islands- the Flores People find -has been dated to the recent, contemporary time of Ancient Clovis... Maybe, what has been known as the ' beginning of civilization ' actually occurred ages before that in Mesopotamia, and Ancient Egypt... Perhaps Homo erectus was much like us...with language, beliefs...with names, and families... At least, we could pretend... A young Being, Homina, leaves his mother, and his village...to go on a sacred mission, on an adventure... He experiences the dangers of wilderness... He encounters the unexpected...