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Anthropology
Undergraduate 3
02/15/2010

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Evolutionary Biology
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Subfield of biology concerned with origin of species from a common descent and descent of species, as well as their change, multiplication, and diversity over time.
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Natural History
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Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study of any category of natural objects or organisms.
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Social History
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An area of historical study, considered by some to be a social science, that attempts to view historical evidence from the point of view of developing social trends
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Cryptozoology
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refers to the search for animals which are considered to be legendary or otherwise nonexistent by mainstream biology.
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Anecdotal Knowledge
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A memory of a particular case or event that may not surface without context.
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Bossburg Tracks
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A set of tracks found in Washington state that supposedly belonged to a crippled bigfoot who had been sustaining itself by eating out of people's trash cans. The deformity in the right foot served as evidence in support of bigfoot.
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Bluff Creek
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Site for the filming of Roger Patterson's "Bigfoot" film.
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Compliant Gait
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A term used in scientific literature to describe a walk that features a bent knee and bent hip.
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Homo Pongides (Iceman)
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The Minnesota Iceman. Owned by Frank Hansen it was thought to be the first physical evidence of a bigfoot. It was determined to be neither human nor ape.
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The Bardin Booger
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The Booger is to Bardin Florida's Bigfoot.
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Forensic Evidence
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Evidence obtained by the application of scientific methods and is susceptible to use in court proceedings; examples include medical evidence such as obtained through DNA testing or pathological examination of a deceased person found in a mass grave.
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Swamp Ape
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also known as Skunk Ape.
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Ivan Sanderson
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Authored "Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life", defended existence of bigfoot despite lack of physical evidence.
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Grover Krantz
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First serious scientist to devote time and effort to researching bigfoot and its existence. Supported claim that bigfoot was real.
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Paul Freeman
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Former meat cutter turned U.S. Forest Service employee who became the worlds most successful bigfoot hunter.
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Ray Wallace
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Worked for a construction company in Humbolt County and in 1958 first coined the term "bigfoot" to describe huge footprints a worker of his had found. Later it was revealed that Wallace possessed large wooden feet and that he may have made the prints himself as a hoax.
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Rant Mullins
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Ray Wallace's neighbor who had been making fake feet for hoaxing purposed since the 1930's. He admitted to loaning some of his handiwork to Wallace.
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Roger Patterson Film
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A short motion picture of an unidentified subject shot in south dakota on october 20th 1967 claimed to be a female "bigfoot".
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Bigfoot as a Mythological Figure/Ken Wylie
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Wylie argued that bigfoot is a contemporary mythological figure that is perpetuated through hoaxes. Myth is all about meaning and the reality of the myth should have no bearing on its utility.
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