Talk:Almas (cryptozoology)
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[edit] Almas are a species of ...?
I'm very surprised by the text of this article. It is written as if almas have a confirmed existence and speculation is only whether they are hominids and from which origin. If we have no tissue, no bones, no teeths, no film, ..., only sightings that seem to not be easily reproducible, then I don't see why almas are more real than bigfoots, yetis, fairies, and ghosts.
Can the authors of the article provide more solid evidence? Otherwise the text of the article is not NPOV and should be tuned down by inserting some clear indication that we are dealing with unsubstantiated hypothesis PhS 13:49, 9 March 2006 (UTC).
- I toned down the article and added a lot of citation requests. The Singing Badger 17:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
...a species of proto-Ainu Paleoliths? The physical descriptions of Almas sound rather like they are trying to indicate some people who resembled Ainu. The Koreans also tell stories about a kind of human or humanoid creature, called misari, whose body is covered with dense hair and who dwells in the forested mountains foraging for herbs, roots, and berries. Of course, Ainu people also belong to the same species as the rest of extant humanity, Homo sapiens sapiens, and they are perfectly capable of producing fertile offspring with individuals of any other modern ethnic group. Ebizur 19:29, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Red Hair
Some scientist claim red hair originates from the Almaslar. Is this true? 81.102.35.179 20:29, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- It's been speculated that red hair originated with the Neanderthals, though the evidence is pretty sketchy. If the Almaslar are real, then it's quite likely that they're survivals of the Neanderthals. Some Almas sightings (including Zana herself) mention reddish hair, which would give more credence to the idea that some Neanderthals had red hair. Afalbrig 23:14, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Clean-up
I have tagged this for cleanup for a number of reasons. it needs tightening up, proper sourcing, fixing some unwieldy statements and a clearer division between the Cryptozzological aspects and the legendary aspects.LiPollis 18:37, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] circular reference
section "Captives";
"A wildwoman named Zana"
zana is a link to disambiguation page, where the corresponding entry redirects back to this page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Richlv (talk • contribs) 16:35, 12 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Plural of Almas
Mongolian is not a Turkic language, nor does it use the suffix -lar to form plurals. I'm going to fix this error. Straughn 16:41, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
