Seems like Yeti or Big Foot is actually a bear

Robert · Dec 17, 2017

I plowed through the data and am not an expert on DNA. But the experts are claiming the Yeti and Big Foot are actually an ancient line of bears. I did not expect this. As fast as bears can run, maybe this explains why signings are few and hard to document.

Are you persuaded by this DNA study?

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1868/20171804

5. Conclusion
Samples collected in the field and archived in museum or private collections can significantly aid in our understanding of the genetic variation and phylogeographic patterns of rare and widespread species. To determine accurate species identification and clade affinity, however, phylogenetically informative genetic markers and appropriate phylogenetic analyses are critically needed. Based on a BLAST search using a 104 bp fragment of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA locus, which gave a 100% match to a complete mitogenome recovered from a subfossil polar bear [38], Sykes et al. [37] suggested that a previously unrecognized bear species or possibly a hybrid between brown bear and polar bear exists in the Himalayas. However, as also demonstrated by others [39,40], the short 12S rRNA gene fragment is insufficiently informative to determine precise taxonomic identity, particularly among closely related species, although it can be a useful screening marker to assess preliminary species affinities. We isolated DNA and assembled a complete mitogenome from a hair sample (collected in Ladakh, India, and named ‘YHB’ in this study), which based on their shared collection locality and other anecdotal evidence obtained from Icon Films, our sample source, may come from the same specimen that Sykes et al. [37] speculated represents an unknown or hybrid bear. Here, we unambiguously show that this sample is from a bear that groups with extant Himalayan brown bear. Similarly, we were able to determine the clade affinities of all other purported yeti samples in this study and infer their well-supported and resolved phylogenetic relationships among extant bears in the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding Himalayan Mountains. This study represents the most rigorous analysis to date of samples suspected to derive from anomalous or mythical ‘hominid’-like creatures, strongly suggesting that the biological basis of the yeti legend is local brown and black bears.
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