Dr. Todd Disotell appeared on the Parsec-award winning podcast, Monster Talk, earlier this week to discuss the press release from Dr. Melba Ketchum regarding the Bigfoot DNA study she spearheaded. Monster Talk: SASQUATCH: KETCHUM IF YOU CAN Dr. Disotell is a Professor of Anthropology at New York University. His research specialties include primate evolution, genetics and mitochondrial DNA and analytical techniques of phylogenetic systematics. He had previously appeared on the very first episode of Monster Talk to talk about cryptid (unknown animals) DNA and the testing of unknown samples. This time, he volunteered his thoughts about the information released regarding the extraordinary claims by Ketchum, a veterinarian. The press release by Ketchum’s company, DNA Diagnostics, said: 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 with an unknown primate species. The fact that this extraordinary claim was not accompanied by a paper and supporting data was a giant red flag [...]
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