Why in the world would you think people were so ignorant? I would argue that they knew a lot more than we do.
You really believe any human could look at a gorilla and consider it to be a woman? Even language was richer then. Consider Ancient Hebrew has six million words, Greek five million, English less than 200k.
As far as mermaids go, who is to say they didn't exist and were hunted to extinction? Why is it too hard to believe that something like that once existed? There are other creatures that you know about that are extinct now that are just as fantastic, like dinosaurs.
The earth is old. So much has been lost or intentionally covered up.
If that was true, wouldn't we see a bunch of mermaid and big foot skeletons? I suppose the Big Foot skeleton could be in some unfounded remote area, but a mermaid skeleton would wash up on shore. Also, many ppl living in ancient times believed in dragons, fairies, genies and so on. They were a pretty superstitious bunch. Surely, all those things can't be real either. So forgive me being a little skeptical.
Fossilization is a rare event, and often animals decompose completely before nature has a chance to preserve them.
Ocean is particularly great at decomposing dead things. I'm not well read on this subject but from what I understand many dinosaur skeletons aren't complete and there is a lot of creative license that happens. And if bigfoot sightings are rare due to their secretive nature, how much more careful they must be when caring for their dead.
How very different is a dragon from a dinosaur? I would say they are more alike than different.
I appreciate the skepticism. But I also think that the things that are coincidental across various civilizations are more than just superstition, imagination, or drug use. I think the current controllers of information do not want people to know much about the place in which we live.
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