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| Photo of an apparent 'yeti footprint' taken 4000 metres below Mardi Himal on Machapuchare last February. |
New research by Dr. Bryan Sykes at Oxford University claims that they have finally solved the mystery of the Yeti. Tests on hair samples were found to have a genetic match with an ancient polar bear. Sykes believes the Abominable Snowman is "part polar bear and still roams the Himalayas". That specimen dates back at least 40,000 years ago, and probably as far back as 120,000 years - a time when the polar bear and the closely related brown bear were separating as different species. Though Sykes claims the Yeti is probably an ancient bear roaming Nepal, a few people have recently came back with evidence of footprints that look nothing like a bear.
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