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Scientists ran DNA tests on 24 "Yeti" samples including feces, bone and skin
A test determined that some of the samples came from an endangered bear
(CNN)Monster hunters who hoped science would prove the existence of the Yeti once and for all will not like this news, but conservationists may be heartened.
A team of scientists ran DNA tests on bits and pieces of "Yeti" samples kept in treasured collections around the world and found that the pieces came from more mundane -- but equally raxbc9nre -- creatures. Their study, published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, adds to a string of scientific discoveries about that elusive hairy creature.
A preserved skull and hand said to be that of a Yeti or Abominable Snowman was on display at Pangboche monastery in April 1976. The hand was later stolen.
Photos: The quest to find the Yeti
A preserved skull and hand said to be that of a Yeti or Abominable Snowman was on display at Pangboche monastery in April 1976. The hand was later stolen.
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A femur bone from the decayed body of a purported Yeti was found in a cave in Tibet. Biologist Charlotte Lindqvist tested DNA from the bone for Icon Films' "Yeti or Not" TV special. The bone was from a Tibetan brown bear.
Photos: The quest to find the Yeti
A femur bone from the decayed body of a purported Yeti was found in a cave in Tibet. Biologist Charlotte Lindqvist tested DNA from the bone for Icon Films' "Yeti or Not" TV special. The bone was from a Tibetan brown bear.
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A hair sample was said to have come from a Yeti that a Jesuit priest spotted in the Nepalese mountains in the 1950s, according to producers for "Yeti or Not." Lindqvist sequenced DNA from the hair and found that it was from a Tibetan brown bear.
Photos: The quest to find the Yeti
A hair sample was said to have come from a Yeti that a Jesuit priest spotted in the Nepalese mountains in the 1950s, according to producers for "Yeti or |
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