Headline, Yeti finger mystery solved using DNA. Guess what it is really is?
(BBC) — The Royal College of Surgeons granted a request for a DNA test to be carried out on a tiny sliver of the finger. The finger is of human origin, according to Dr Rob Jones, senior scientist at the Zoological Society of Scotland. “We have got a very, very strong match to a number of existing reference sequences on human DNA databases.
grumpyoldfart says
What a load of crap. It sounds like a story that he wrote for Wide World Magazine – and they rejected it!
Let’s send a reporter back to the monastery and interview some of the monks who were there at the time. I’ll bet none of them remember Byrne.
jbhodges7 says
All this shows is that if the finger is from a Yeti, then Yeti are close relatives to humankind. Which would not be a surprise.
Aquaria says
It looks like the leftovers of someone’s BBQ.
grumpypathdoc says
My dogs would chew on either one. Nom, nom, nom!
jbhodges7 is absolutely correct. How much of a match would you get from a chimpanzee or gorilla tissue sample?
Jafafa Hots says
Speaking as an ex-Buffalonian I can say with certainty that those chicken wings are not cooked correctly.
kdan59 says
That sure looks like the middle digit to me. Just sayin’.
Stephen "DarkSyde" Andrew says
Good call Kdan. Is there a forsensic anthropologist in the houwze?