The yeti hairs supposedly belonged to a goat
Reduced north-eastern India, two hairs attributed to the yeti by a resident were analyzed in the laboratory. Verdict: Their owner is a Himalayan goral, a goat related to the chamois. This goat is unclear, the new interest in less zoologists.
Another blow to our friend the yeti. Earlier this year, a BBC report two mysterious hair of Meghalaya, a state in the north-east India, bordering Bangladesh, situated on the Himalayas. The hair was supposed to belong to a demand barung (man of the forest), ie a yeti.
A first analysis at the Natural History Museum of Oxford (United Kingdom) had concluded that it was impossible to attribute any primate known. The samples were shipped to the United States for a study of the
A first analysis at the Natural History Museum of Oxford (United Kingdom) had concluded that it was impossible to attribute any primate known. The samples were shipped to the United States for a study of the
DNA. It is known recently that the appendages of mammals (hair, hair, nails) contain DNA, despite the fact that there are no cells.
Final conclusion: these hairs are those of the Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral), a goat near the goat, the chamois and the antelope endemic Himalayan regions. Again, the trail of the yeti hair leads to another mammal. When this is not a bear, is a goat ... Zoologists are not empty handed so far. The discovery extends eastward the known range of the Himalayan chamois. The analysis was worth the trouble ...
Final conclusion: these hairs are those of the Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral), a goat near the goat, the chamois and the antelope endemic Himalayan regions. Again, the trail of the yeti hair leads to another mammal. When this is not a bear, is a goat ... Zoologists are not empty handed so far. The discovery extends eastward the known range of the Himalayan chamois. The analysis was worth the trouble ...
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