I'm not so certain that monkeys cannot "speak". I think they lack the vocal cords to verbalize human speach, but they seem to have communication skills that are verbal.
I've always wondered if bigfoot was a dead-end branch of evolution that hadn't quite died out yet -- maybe Australopithicus Afarensis or perhaps Robustus. If that were true, they should have the ability to vocalize, as well as a fairly big brain, which might tend toward mimicking familiar sounds.
If they exist (and I believe they do), they are probably very intelligent, being able to evade capture thus far. They might even bury or otherwise hide their dead, who knows? I think it would be absolutely fascinating if we found out that they are a social creature with communities and hierarchy -- raising their young........... perhaps they even have their own mythology.
There has been a suggestion at times that bigfoot is a lost alien species. I suppose that's possible, but I choose to believe that they are a branch-off of the early simians -- a distant homo sapiens cousin.
Good thread!
