Within The Black

The ancient Indian epics “Ramayana” and “Mahabharata” contain information about the mysterious civilization of intelligent monkeys known as “vanaras” who lived in deep, warm forests and lush jungles.

The existence of such species has always caused controversy among scientists, who believe that they can be mistaken for people of the tribe. But ancient texts and scriptures vividly describe their ape-like characteristics, such as hops, hair, fur, and tails.

In the Ramayana, a whole army of half-humans, half-monkeys played a key role. They fought alongside Lord Rama to defeat the Sri Lankan demon king Raavan and rescue his wife Sita from captivity. The word vanara itself comes from two Sanskrit words: vana (“forest”) and nara (“man”), which means “forest person” or “inhabitant of the forest”.
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I think that modern day mankind needs to get over ourselves and start being open to the possibility that we weren't the only or maybe even the first intelligent humanoid species on this planet. A lot of ancient cultures talk about humanoid intelligent beings being around during their time. At some point you have to ask...are all of them just making it up.