
Campfire legends of massive, shaggy bipeds called yetis are grounded in a less mysterious truth: bears.
Eight samples of remains such as fur, bones and teeth purportedly from mountain-dwelling yetis actually come from three different kinds of bears that live in the Himalayas, researchers report November 29 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. A ninth sample turned out to come from a dog.
Previous analyses of smaller fragments…
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