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Was 19th Century apewoman a yeti? 6ft 6in Russian serf who could outrun a horse was 'not human'...
dailymail.co.uk ^ | April 4, 2015 | Jennifer Newton

Posted on 04/05/2015 12:49:20 PM PDT by PROCON


Full Title: Was 19th Century apewoman a yeti? 6ft 6in Russian serf who could outrun a horse was 'not human', according to DNA tests

Witnesses said Zana the apewoman had the 'characteristics of a wild animal'

She was allegedly trapped in Caucusus mountains and covered in thick hair

Had 'enormous athletic power' and she could infamously outrun a horse

A genetics professor has analysed DNA of six of her living descendants

Hundreds of explorers, theorists and fantasists have spent their lives searching for the infamous 'big-foot'.

But a leading geneticist believes he has found evidence to prove that it - or rather she - could have been more than a myth.

Professor Bryan Sykes of the University of Oxford claims a towering woman named Zana who lived in 19th Century Russia - and appeared to be 'half human, half ape' - could have been the fabled yeti.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: abominablesnowman; apewoman; bigfoot; bryansykes; cryptid; cryptids; cryptobiology; cryptozoology; dna; helixmakemineadouble; russia; russian; sasquatch; yeti; zana
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1 posted on 04/05/2015 12:49:20 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

I’m an ape man, I’m an ape ape man, I am an ape man...


2 posted on 04/05/2015 12:51:30 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: PROCON
Zana was of African descent even though she lived in the wild Caucusus. Zana was discovered and trapped by a local merchant who hired a group of hunters to hunt her down in the region of Ochamchir - and she was eventually tamed by a nobleman on his estate in Tkhina.

This is -- how you say? -- politically incorrect.

4 posted on 04/05/2015 12:53:15 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Victim" -- some people eagerly take on the label because of the many advantages that come with it.)
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So she was of African descent even though she was Caucasian? Herodotus reports that an Egyptian pharaoh left some black troops in that area (Colchis) but that was about 98,000 years later.

Bryan Sykes is a well-respected name in the field of genetics. I have read one or two of his books.

5 posted on 04/05/2015 1:00:20 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: PROCON

No.


6 posted on 04/05/2015 1:02:13 PM PDT by Fungi (Evolution: no science, no truth, no nothing. Full of faith, faith in the "god" of chance.)
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To: PROCON

they tested 6 of her living descendents.

that means someone had to do the deed.

guess we know why Russians invented vodka


7 posted on 04/05/2015 1:08:29 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: PROCON

Discovery Channel did a piece about this woman including DNA analysis of her descendants, it showed up as partially sub saharan Africa. This woman was allegedly kept in a cage by some nobleman and passed around to his “noble” buddies for pleasure. They supposedly captured her in the forest, but who knows how she got there.


8 posted on 04/05/2015 1:08:38 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: PROCON

“Run faster than a horse, swim across the Moskva river even when it rose in violent high tide, and had had at least four children by local men.” Was that with or without her clothes on?


9 posted on 04/05/2015 1:08:53 PM PDT by Fungi (Evolution: no science, no truth, no nothing. Full of faith, faith in the "god" of chance.)
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To: PROCON

When they say “outrun a horse”, that can be deceptive.

For short distances, human sprinters can outrun horses, because they have faster acceleration. In past this was used to win bets. Conversely, even though they have a much slower gait than horses, camels easily overcome them in races, because their gait is much larger.


10 posted on 04/05/2015 1:09:34 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: PROCON

wait, does no one else see the resemblance to the Mona Lisa?


11 posted on 04/05/2015 1:09:36 PM PDT by marsh2
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To: PROCON
A last surviving homo erectus.
12 posted on 04/05/2015 1:14:19 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: marsh2
resemblance to the Mona Lisa?

I saw that too. Immediately.
13 posted on 04/05/2015 1:16:05 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Hugin

The eyes - it’s the eyes. Close together, beady - Mooooochelle O. ! ! ! !


14 posted on 04/05/2015 1:17:03 PM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: marsh2

Omg you’re right!


15 posted on 04/05/2015 1:17:42 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: marsh2
wait, does no one else see the resemblance to the Mona Lisa?

Probably started out as a picture of Mona Lisa.

16 posted on 04/05/2015 1:19:21 PM PDT by fso301
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“probably started out as a picture of Mona Lisa.”

Reminds me of the attempt to restore that painting of Jesus:

https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrTcc5qmSFVR48AjvwnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBsOXB2YTRjBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw—?p=restoration+of+jesus+picture+fails&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Drestoration%2Bof%2Bjesus%2Bpicture%2Bfails%26ei%3DUTF-8%26hsimp%3Dyhs-001%26hspart%3Dmozilla&w=570&h=407&imgurl=i.huffpost.com%2Fgen%2F741061%2Fthumbs%2Fo-RESTORATION-570.jpg%3F4&size=63KB&name=o-RESTORATION-570.jpg&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2012%2F08%2F22%2Foctogenarians-hilarious-f_n_1821389.html&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2012%2F08%2F22%2Foctogenarians-hilarious-f_n_1821389.html&type=&no=2&tt=120&oid=3f5a20213407c4fb7e4b998496d1fe72&tit=Elderly+Woman%26%2339%3Bs+Hilarious+Failed+Attempt+At+Restoring+A+19th+Century+...&sigr=12h3e3imi&sigi=11onmagra&sign=10lf2iio3&sigt=103vg5ole&sigb=13eeno7ph&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001


17 posted on 04/05/2015 1:22:59 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: PROCON

18 posted on 04/05/2015 1:24:06 PM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: Bobalu

19 posted on 04/05/2015 1:29:28 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

So she was of African descent -—

African ‘immigrants’ even back then.


20 posted on 04/05/2015 1:30:21 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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