January Contest: Hoaxes, Fringe Theories, etc.

Hi again,

I would like to remind you all that the contest on Hoaxes, Fringe Theories, and Pseudoscience is still running and there is still time to submit your entries. So for those of you who may have forgotten and for those who have joined in the interim, you still have two weeks to get your submissions in. In the original, I basically said this was only for Plio-Pleistocene-related hoaxes and theories, but since then, I have decided to be a bit more lenient with the rules. So, for everyone's sake, here are the guidelines and rules for this particular contest.

- Entries should be related to hoaxes, fringe theories, or pseudoscience that is related either to primatology, anthropology, human evolution, or paleontology of life forms existing in the past 65 million years (i.e. the Cenozoic era). This relationship should either have be apparent in the artwork, or at minimum, can be easily extrapolated based on what has been depicted.

- Entries should demonstrate a knowledge of anthropological, paleontological, or otherwise scientific concepts. It should be show that the artwork has been thoroughly thought out and researched before and as the design was created. Try to think about the reasoning behind these non-mainstream or outdated ideas and, when applicable, consider how or why they might have influenced mainstream thinking and vice versa.

- Building on the last point, entries should be a reasonable mixture of art and science. I think we all acknowledge that these are more or less not factual ideas that we are depicting in this contest, but it is still important to try and think critically and relate the 'fiction' to the 'fact'.

- There is not a set limit on entries per individual. Therefore, if there is more than one idea/concept/theory/hypothesis that you would like to explore, than you are more than welcome to do so (as long as all entries fit the previously stated guidelines).

- Entries should be submitted to the gallery with the relevant title. Furthermore, it would also be nice if you could comment with a link to the image and a statement with your intent to compete in this contest.

After the deadline (January 31, 2017), I will post a poll here and everyone will have the chance to vote for their favorite entries. The winner will receive special recognition in the form of a journal post with their winning entry and a link to their gallery (and perhaps a project of theirs they might want to advertise). The winning entry will also be added to the "Featured" gallery in this group.

To date, there have been two submissions to this contest, just to let you see what others have done and how they have interpreted the theme. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask in the comment section below.

Cheers!

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My own interpretation of how some earlier anthropologists interpreted the so-called "Meganthropus" remains. These are now known to belong to your more standard Asian Homo erectus. This has some notoriety for its mention in cryptozoological circles as a potential ancestor for sasquatch and similar hairy bipeds.



has produced this piece about the "Nebraska man", a prehistoric tooth once labelled as human, but which we now know to belong to a peccary. This case of mistaken identity highlights how one man's missing link is sometimes another man's ancient suid.

These are only two examples of the wide range of possibilities that could be covered by this contest. As before, if you have concerns whether or not a particular topic could be related to the theme of this contest, check with me and we can figure it out together.