Bigfoot DNA

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Hey would you guys back me up on Melba's claim that her DNA results represent the Nephilim? I keep getting my posts moved for being off topic. If the mods aren't familiar with this travesty they probably wouldn't understand the connection ( not that I do either which was why I was discussing it).
 
All the posts that have been moved (mine included) are off topic because bible stories were being discussed, that is Nephilim = neanderthal.

If the subject of the posts restrict themselves to discussing claims by Melba on DNA test results, be them bf, unknown, neanderthal and/or nephilim, the posts are not OT and won't be moved.

(IMO)
 
So that was a homework assignment?

works with nine teams of monster hunters competing to find physical evidence of Bigfoot

... portable lab to analyze DNA from hair or feces collected by contestants—and most often identifies its true source as a bear, say, or a deer.
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Disotell is skeptical, but he points out that the methods he uses on the show are the the same ones many scientists use daily in their DNA research on real-world plants, bacteria, and animals
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and? :boggled:

http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/nyu-stories/wanted--bigfoot--reward---10-million-.html


I'd be interested to see a transcript of the talk he gave yesterday.


http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2014/04/01/anthropologist-disotell-on-dna-and-the-search-for-elusive-creatu.html
 
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I'm shocked that an infotainment piece like that would fail to mention the necessity of a type specimen. It's almost as if they are misinforming people in order to sell advertising.
 
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AlaskaBushPilot said:
I'm shocked that an infotainment piece like that would fail to mention the necessity of a type specimen. It's almost as if they are misinforming people in order to sell advertising.
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They wouldn't do that! Everything you see on TV is the truth. I know this for a fact because I watched a program on TV that told me so.
 
I want to know why Melba Ketchum the veterinarian isn't being a veterinarian. That is a respectable and lucrative career. Instead she seems to have switched to being a Bigfooter. Is she still a practicing vet at all?
 
Some recent DNA testing of purported Bigfoot remains.

Skepticblog » Bigfoot and Yeti DNA: results are in
Sykes paper is a clarion call for higher standards for cryptozoology | Doubtful -- by Sharon Hill
Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates - Bryan Sykes and his colleagues

In contrast to Melba Ketchum's shoddy work, Bryan Sykes's work was a professional job. He and his colleagues sequenced genetic material from several hairs that purportedly came from Yeti or Sasquatch or similar animals. They then compared it to sequences stored in the GenBank archive, and they found several close matches.

  • Himalayas: polar bear, serow (goat-like ungulate)
  • Russia: brown bear, bovine, horse, raccoon, American black bear
  • Sumatra: Malaysian tapir (piglike odd-toed ungulate)
  • US: American black bear, canid (wolf/coyote/dog), mule deer, bovine, sheep, horse, North American porcupine, raccoon, human
There was only one human hair sample in the entire set, which is a credit to these samples' collectors.

Polar bears in the Himalayas? They could have been the closest sampled relatives of some Himalayan bears.

Raccoons and American black bears in Russia? Were those introduced animals or were some samples accidentally mixed up?
 
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