Mystery AtlasZana of Tkhina
A wild woman captured in the forests of Abkhazia in the Caucasus in the second half of the 19th century and long cited by Almasty researchers as possible evidence of a relict hominid; 2013 DNA testing of her descendants and remains found her ancestry to be entirely Sub-Saharan African.
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Theories & Explanations
Zana of Tkhina supports Almas Relict-Hominid Claim — Zana's case was long cited by Almasty researchers as possible physical evidence of a relict hominid population, a reading undermined by the 2013 DNA results.
People
Zana of Tkhina was analysed by Bryan Sykes — Sykes's 2013 DNA testing of Zana's descendants and a tooth from her son Khwit found her ancestry to be entirely Sub-Saharan African, not Neanderthal or unknown-hominid.