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Yeti Unknown-Primate Claim

The position that the Yeti is an undiscovered large primate native to the Himalayas, sometimes linked speculatively to the extinct Gigantopithecus.

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  • Yeti Unknown-Primate Claim attempts to explain Yeti.

  • Yeti Unknown-Primate Claim supports Gigantopithecus — A minority of proponents cite Gigantopithecus, whose fossils are known from mainland Asia, as a more geographically plausible candidate ancestor than for Bigfoot; no fossil evidence places it in the Himalayas specifically.

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