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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Thu Oct 17, 2013, 04:27 PM Oct 2013

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Himalayan 'Yeti' may be a relative of ancient polar bears

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-himalayan-yeti-polar-bear-relative-20131017,0,748170.story

The Himalayan Yeti — or some version of that mythical creature — may be a relative of an ancient polar bear, according to new research by a University of Oxford geneticist.

Bryan Sykes, a human geneticist at Oxford, analyzed the hairs from two alleged Yetis, one that came from an unknown animal mummy in the western Himalayan region of Ladakh and the other from an animal discovered 10 years ago in Bhutan.

Sykes sequenced the DNA from each of the two hairs and then looked for a match in a large database of other animal genomes.

What he found surprised him.

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Himalayan 'Yeti' may be a relative of ancient polar bears (Original Post) steve2470 Oct 2013 OP

You're abominable! pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #1

and yeti I'm proud of myself too, I'm doing the Bigfoot stomp as I type :p nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #2

The "unknown" animal mummy was probably that of a polar bear. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #3

I used to listen to C2C am but quit after they decided to broadcast darkangel218 Oct 2013 #4

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

1. You're abominable!

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 04:32 PM

Oct 2013

Spoiling a good myth like that!

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

2. and yeti I'm proud of myself too, I'm doing the Bigfoot stomp as I type :p nt

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 04:40 PM

Oct 2013

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)

3. The "unknown" animal mummy was probably that of a polar bear.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 04:42 PM

Oct 2013

All this Yeti/Sasquatch thing is enerving.

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)

4. I used to listen to C2C am but quit after they decided to broadcast

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 04:45 PM

Oct 2013

A bunch of sasquatch/yeti crap.

Besides, Art left.

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