{"id":1179,"date":"2012-11-29T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T23:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2012\/11\/sasquatch_dna_not_so_fast_pard\/"},"modified":"2012-11-29T12:21:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T23:21:02","slug":"sasquatch-dna-not-so-fast-pard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2012\/11\/sasquatch-dna-not-so-fast-pard\/","title":{"rendered":"sasquatch dna!!! not so fast, pardner"},"content":{"rendered":"

 If this had been published <\/a>in that august journal, The Onion<\/a>, it would have fitted right in. It would certainly make more sense if today was April 1. I mean, really (& hat-tip, as usual, to PZ<\/a>)…<\/p>\n

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A team of scientists can verify that their 5-year long DNA study, currently under peer-review, confirms the existence of a novel hominin hybrid species, commonly called "Bigfoot" or "Sasquatch", living in North America. Researchers’ extensive DNA sequencing suggests that the legendary Sasquatch is a human relative that arose approximately 15,000 years ago as a hybrid cross of modern Homo sapiens<\/i> with an unknown primate species.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What should we make of this? Surely it screams ‘lab contamination’, particularly given that the purported Sasquatch has 100% human <\/i>mtDNA but a real mishmash of supposed nuclear DNA..But also, methinks that someone has been reading altogether too much of the works of Danny Vendramini<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But also: apparently the nuclear DNA includes ‘non-ape’ sequences. The DNA sample supposedly came from – wait for it – a blueberry bagel from someone’s backyard<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Actually, I find it hard to believe that anyone working in science could seriously suggest a blueberry bagel as a reliable source of Bigfoot DNA.  The word ‘hoax’ springs to mind (&, I’m glad to see, it’s not only my mind that the idea is bouncing around in<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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