No sign of yeti-like animal in Himalayas, say scientists

No sign of yeti-like animal in Himalayas, say scientists
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A team of an evolutionary biologist and a zoologist has refuted a recent claim that an unknown type of bear must exist in the Himalayas and that it may be, at least in part, the source of yeti legends. Researchers reached to a conclusion through DNA sequencing. They hypothesised that the genetic material in the samples attributed to an unknown type of bear might have been misleading because of degradation and genetic overlap,

New York: A team of an evolutionary biologist and a zoologist has refuted a recent claim that an unknown type of bear must exist in the Himalayas and that it may be, at least in part, the source of yeti legends. Researchers reached to a conclusion through DNA sequencing. They hypothesised that the genetic material in the samples attributed to an unknown type of bear might have been misleading because of degradation and genetic overlap, the samples could have come from either one claims researchers.

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