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Back in the late autumn of 1997, a woman named Li Aiping in Hubei Province was sorting through the collection of books left by her late father, Li Jian.
Li Jian was the first executive chairman and secretary general of the Chinese Savage Investigation Society before his death, and he traced the traces of savages all his life and collected a large number of precious first-hand information.
Unfortunately, most of these valuable research results were not made public in the form of official publications, until Li Jian died of illness at the end of 1995.
While rummaging through the cabinets, Li Aiping and her mother Ming Ze suddenly found a box of old video tapes in an inconspicuous corner. Although it seemed unremarkable, the two of them had a gut feeling that the tape must be closely related to the "wild men" that her father studied.
Li Aiping remembers this vividly, when she served as the director of the Hubei Provincial Wild Examination Cultural Center, and knew her father's dedication to tracing the footprints of "savages".
So, Li Aiping couldn't wait to take out the videotape and carefully insert it into the projector. As the images began to flash, the two of them couldn't help but be dumbfounded—the video showed a man who behaved strangely and looked strange! He roared and roared, sometimes sobbed helplessly, rolling and playing in the woods, and his every move was extremely primitive and wild.
This precious image actually records the figure of a controversial special person, the "monkey baby" Zeng Fansheng. Mr. Wang Fangchen is the hero who shot this videotape, a photographer and biological researcher who tirelessly pursues the truth of the "wild man".
In October 1986, Wang Fangchen was comfortably busy with the photography work of the national environmental protection department. He traveled to Hubei to capture moments for a TV documentary on rare biological species.
By chance, an editor of the Shennongjia Newspaper revealed to him the exciting news that a mysterious figure known as the "Monkey Baby" had appeared in Changyang County, Hubei Province! It is rumored that this boy had behaved strangely since he was a child, and that his mother had been abducted by so-called "wild men."
Wang Fangchen was deeply concerned by the shocking rumors, and he resolutely decided to visit the village of the "monkey baby". When he first saw the "monkey baby" Zeng Fansheng, Wang Fangchen was deeply impressed: the boy sometimes cried, sometimes slapped his chest, and even threw stones at them, his movements were savage and primitive.
Character psychology: Wang Fangchen's obsession with the "monkey baby" stems from various questions in his heart: Is this man with strange behavior and slightly delayed intellectual development really the product of a hybrid between a man and a "wild man", as the villagers say, or does he suffer from some kind of genetic defect? Or is it just an atavistic phenomenon? He diligently hopes to unravel the mystery.
With the consent of the Zeng family, the excavation work was in full swing. It was a sunny morning, Wang Fangchen personally carried tools to Zengjiapo, only to see Zeng Fansheng's second brother Zeng Fanlong and younger brother Zeng Fanming already waiting in front of the tomb.
Character movements: Wang Fangchen watched eagerly as Professor Yuan Zhenxin carefully counted the bones, each bone being carefully wiped away from the long-sealed dust, and regaining its former glory.
Although a small piece of bone was accidentally lost in the process, the mission was finally accomplished.
The scientists then began a months-long work on the bones. A number of eye-popping discoveries soon emerged:
Second, the researchers noticed a unique feature of the "monkey baby's" skull: his eyebrow arch was prominent, and it was strikingly similar to the ancient Lantian ape and Peking man.
Viewed from the side, his frontal bone is smaller, the cranial roof is protruding, and the occipital bone is protruding, which is closer to the shape of a gorilla's skull.
Faced with this series of "savage"-like physical characteristics, experts hesitated. It was suggested that the "monkey baby" may have a genetic disorder called "microcephaly", but this claim was quickly rejected due to the lack of strong evidence to support it.
After all, these anomalies are too bizarre and bizarre to explain from a pathological point of view alone.
Although experts are puzzled by these strange phenomena of the "monkey baby" Zeng Fansheng, in fact, a few decades before he was born, a similar case of "monkey baby" broke out in another part of the mainland - Tu Yunbao, who was born in Wushan County, Sichuan Province in 1939.
Tu Yunbao, who was born in an ordinary peasant family, has been looked at strangely since he was a child, with strange behavior, low intelligence, and even strange appearance. It is widely rumored among local folks that Tu Yunbao turned out to be his mother Zhang Guangxiu who was accidentally injured by a "wild man" during pregnancy, thus giving birth to this "half-human, half-beast" mongrel son.
However, it was not until the untimely death of Tu Yunbao in 1962 that the locals paid more attention to his plight. The following year, Professor Liu Minzhuang, a biologist at East China Normal University, learned of the incident and immediately launched an investigation.
Eventually, they succeeded in exhuming Tu Yunbao's remains and analyzing his skull.
Character movements: Professor Liu Minzhuang carefully examined Tu Yunbao's skull, tracing its angular outline with his fingers, with a dignified face.
The year goes back to 1986. In order to shoot an ecological documentary, the young Wang Fangchen rode an off-road vehicle to the deep mountains and old forests of Shennongjia, Hubei Province.
According to the clues revealed by the editor of "Shennongjia Daily", he finally found the location of the village where the legendary "monkey baby" Zeng Fansheng was.
Luckily, a modest restaurant proprietress revealed a key clue to them, directing them to Zengjiapo to visit the "monkey baby".
Character psychology: Wang Fangchen regained hope in his heart, and this time he might be able to get a glimpse of the true face of the "wild man"! After a little tossing, he and his assistant Sun Zhiyong finally found their destination.
When he saw the "monkey baby" Zeng Fansheng for the first time, Wang Fangchen's heart couldn't calm down for a long time. I saw that the boy sometimes wailed, sometimes slapped his chest, and even threw stones at them, the action was savage and primitive.
What's even more eye-popping is that Zeng Fansheng has never worn any clothes, and even in the cold winter, he is not afraid of the cold.
Character action: Wang Fangchen holds the camera tightly, and the camera is aimed at Zeng Fansheng's slightly deformed face.
He noticed that the boy's head was triangular, with high raised brow bones, shoulders that were disproportionately muscular, and long, slender arms with tufts of black fuzz on the palms.
After observing for a long time, Wang Fangchen found that Zeng Fansheng's walking posture was extremely strange, always half-bent at the waist, leaning forward with his shoulders, and his steps were a little staggering but faster than ordinary people.
In addition, his eating habits are also unique, whether it is raw or cooked, he is not picky about it.