The hunt for the Yeti (aka "migoi" in the Himalayas, "Bigfoot" or "Sasquatch" in North America, or "Almasty" in the Caucasus mountains) is back on .... I ignore the "orang pendek" of Sumatra because the habitat is so different that its likely to be another beast entirely - perhaps a survival of Homo erectus, or maybe Gigantopithecus (a giant ape that once inhabited the forests of East Asia).
A UK-Swiss team will use DNA testing to investigate the origins of remains claimed to be from the Yeti and Bigfoot ... mostly hairs. Its interesting to note that even though there will be rigorous DNA sampling taken, there is still a hint of disdain in the mainstream scientific community over the possibility that there is as yet another undiscovered human (oid) species left on Earth .... but you won't know until you do the science.
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| Images of Yeti and Gigantopithecus |
A UK-Swiss team will use DNA testing to investigate the origins of remains claimed to be from the Yeti and Bigfoot ... mostly hairs. Its interesting to note that even though there will be rigorous DNA sampling taken, there is still a hint of disdain in the mainstream scientific community over the possibility that there is as yet another undiscovered human (oid) species left on Earth .... but you won't know until you do the science.
However its interesting to note how similar Gigantopithecus was to descriptions of Yeti ....I'm just saying!
