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DNA to shed light on yeti claims [View all]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18160673
Believers in the yeti suggest it could represent a survival of creatures such as the huge ape Gigantopithecus
A UK-Swiss team will use DNA testing to investigate the origins of remains claimed to be from yeti and bigfoot.
The project will examine hair, bone and other material from a collection amassed by a Swiss biologist - and will invite submissions from elsewhere.
Many cultures relate legends of hairy, humanoid creatures that lurk in the wilds, rarely seen.
But material claimed to be from such creatures have never been subjected to modern scientific techniques.
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