If it had more intelligence than a gorilla , wouldn’t it be somewhat like us ? Why would it want to hide in the forest ?
Survival of the fittest ensures that if some species survived, they have to be specialized in avoiding humans.
Exactly.
What I find even more crazy is how other species of Homo were around until just 30,000 years ago and maybe as recently as 12,000. I find a lot of people have the perception that it was a much longer time but it could be as recent as the building of Gobekli Tepe.
We would’ve found bones from Bigfoot by now.
Homo floresiensis sure, extend that a bit you can add erectus but after that? We don’t have a lot of closely related species in the last 200,000 years.
I've been trying for decades now :(
Non-human humanoids are instinctually perceived as threats even today in our uncanny valley response.
If you were in a forest, would you pick the bear or the man?
They are are plenty of actual humans that are isolationist. From the Amish, to the Sentinelese, to the Pintupi, plenty of peoples have purposefully curbed contact.
(offtopic: was looking at your profile, you joined HN the same week as me almost 12 years ago. how the time flies!)