Unknown Hominins In Africa?

[lordmongrove]

Unknown hominin is South Africa? http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/...bgEdXcb602F8Cx5c9OLjqVt7Pdbkx_ieyutflduiEyGgI

 

[Comfortably Numb]

Unknown hominin is South Africa?

If you search Google for 'otang creature', is this the same oran-otang referenced in the 19th century?

 

[Victory]

Wikipedia says the forests around Knysa are South Africa's largest individual forests.
Photos show dense vegetation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knysna-Amatole_montane_forests

 

[lordmongrove]

If you search Google for 'otang creature', is this the same oran-otang referenced in the 19th century?

No they are different languages. Orang means 'man' in Malayan.

 

[James_H]

If you search Google for 'otang creature', is this the same oran-otang referenced in the 19th century?

That would be an old spelling of orangutan

 

[Comfortably Numb]

No they are different languages. Orang means 'man' in Malayan.

Is there not a distinct correlation with the creature depicted in those articles?

 

[Comfortably Numb]

That would be an old spelling of orangutan

A couple of direct links should help here:

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...C3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=otang creature&f=false

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...DXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=otang creature&f=false

 

[Tin]

Wikipedia says the forests around Knysa are South Africa's largest individual forests.
Photos show dense vegetation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knysna-Amatole_montane_forests

I was playing Geoguessr (back when it was free) and once got dumped in that area. I didn't know where the hell I was; not even which continent.

 

[lordmongrove]

Is there not a distinct correlation with the creature depicted in those articles?

Not in the name but maybe the creatures are related,