Sasquatch: Transitional Species or Biblical Challenge? Biologist John Morley Explores

Posted Tuesday, February 18, 2025

By Squatchable.com staff

A new video from The Sensible Bigfoot Project on YouTube explores the potential conflict between religious theology and the scientific classification of Sasquatch. The video, titled "RELIGIOUS THEOLOGY AND SASQUATCH, BY JOHN MORLEY, BIOLOGIST," delves into the idea that some Sasquatch researchers believe that the subject of what a Bigfoot or Sasquatch may be and where it could potentially be classified within the kingdom Animalia could present a real conflict with religious theology. The video's host, John Morley, a biologist, shares his research and interpretation of this subject. He points out that when Sasquatch is scientifically accepted, some scientists will inevitably claim that it is a transitional species to Modern Man, especially if it proves to be more closely related to modern humans than any other of the living primates. Morley also mentions that a Sasquatch is frequently referred to by some as an ape man or a man ape, and that it could potentially be an extant humanlike species eventually assigned to the genus homo. This, he says, could certainly raise questions with the biblical account of man's creation. He also notes that the same concerns could also be raised regarding the classification of previous fossil discoveries which have been assigned by science to the genus homo such as Homo erectus Homo habilis homoi and others. Morley observes that it is widely believed that paleoanthropology and the biblical accounts of man's creation are irreconcilable with each other such that they cannot both exist either paleoanthropology evolution is valid in biblical belief God created all species is not or vice versa. He further explains that man's classification and cataloging of the animal world was established by Carlos Linnaeus in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae first published in 1735 and expanded to two volumes in 1758 and 1759 to include man. This marked the starting point for Zoological nomenclature in which Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature for Animals. Morley points out that it is simply a system established to bring order and understanding to the many extinct and extant species found on the earth. It Is by this system of classification that modern humans were assigned the taxon Homo sapiens and it is by this system that man continues to catalog and name all known land, air and water animals. He also notes that the fact that this system could again be called upon to place another living primate species such as a Sasquatch into potentially the same genus as modern man should not be viewed as conflicting with religious or biblical theology. Morley concludes by saying that the lenan system of classification does not require, include or take into consideration any religious theology whether ancient human species assigned to the genus homo had an awareness or knowledge of a higher Creator or not is not a requirement for their scientific classification using Carlos Linnaeus system. This is a fascinating video that brings up important points about the scientific classification of Sasquatch and its potential conflict with religious theology. It's definitely worth a watch for anyone interested in the subject. You can check out the video here: -www.youtube.com/watch?v=**********- Note: The