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Bryan Sykes
A University of Oxford geneticist who led a 2014 global DNA study of hair samples attributed to Yeti, Bigfoot, and other purported anomalous primates.
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- Bigfootmodern legend from 1958; older regional traditions
Bryan Sykes was used to analyse Bigfoot — Sykes's 2014 global survey tested hair samples attributed to both Bigfoot and the Yeti; the North American samples were identified as bear, horse, cow, or other known animals.
Bryan Sykes was used to analyse Yeti.