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eDNA results are evidence (like footprints, calls, and most pics and video), but are not PROOF, as there are always alternate explanations (humans with the same rare mutations, faked footprints, hoaxed calls, man in a suit, respectively). Agree a body part is needed for analysis and ultimate proof.

"Unknown markers", if by that you mean unique mutations from human, it's what I have found.

Humans ARE primates. Humans ARE apes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human I feel like half the time we talk past one another. It’s good to at least agree on the terms we use in debate. Science is a great place to start. Imagine scientific classification as a rifle target. Species being the bullseye, then genus is the 10 ring, then tribe, then subfamily, so forth and so on until you get to order. That’s primates… There are over 500 species of primates on the planet. Humans being one of them. Where a Sasquatch falls into this classification is anyone’s guess. But with them also being bipedal? Chances are they are between humans and chimps, who are our closest living relative. But there are tons of smaller differences between Homo Sapiens and Sasquatch that we do not share. Which is why I am confident in saying they are not the same species as us.

... or just say the people doing the testing somehow contaminated the sample :-)

I don't believe die hard skeptics would accept a DNA result (of ANY standard) following the Ketchum debacle. It would take more .. probably a combination of DNA and a body. Others less entrenched might accept a lower standard but of that, I'm the skeptic! I believe to prove existence you've got to have a body, nothing less will do. Other evidence might help but none, alone or in combination, will be sufficient to force skeptics to change their positions. MIB

Good posts. The search results are a list of the closest matches, with match stats like the % of bases which matched exactly and a base by base comparison, so that you know where the mismatches occur. If you get result "Animal Z" - no match at all (too many mismatches) then either the animal is not unknown, but just not in the database or it is indeed unknown. If the search parameters are not tight the in either case you will get closest matches in the database. In the case of an unknown primate, you will get it's closest extant species. Bigfoot will match human and/

I don't know if "da gub'ment" allows Sasquatch to "harvest" people in National Forests....but I would certainly allow for the possibility that DotGov is aware of incidents where humans have been taken and possibly consumed in the same way that any other predator would if presented with an opportunity for an easy chunk of toothless, clawless, slow moving protein and for economic and political reasons keeps it quiet. Then the question of WHY? I have a theory that as the logging, outdoor, tourist, and camping (equipment) business is nearly a TRILLION dollar per year business and all the tax revenue FROM those businesses TO the government would be in the area of $300 BILLION. Roll that into all the special interests, lobbyists, and money flowing into the coffers of politicians, then there's one hell of a motive for silence on the part of DotGov and the politicians who benefit. Look at the timber industry....if Sasquatch was undeniably proven to exist...body, live capture, roadkill...whatever, the ensuing protection of the species in prime timber areas would halt that industry and cost billions alone. So, there's another billion or so reasons why a lid would be kept on the whole subject as far as DotGov is concerned. "Oh no, nothing to see here, pay no attention to the hairy biped behind the tree". Why would a National Park be a "center of exploitation" for the Sasquatch? Guns and hunting are generally prohibited in National Parks and I am convinced that they are well aware of what a gun or a bow can do EVEN if they have no cognitive ability on par with a great ape, just by seeing a BOOM stick drop a deer they would accrue a fear of guns or bows....I know plenty of dogs, horses, and even coyote that are scared to death of guns and they are not on par with a primate or relict hominid. So...easy pickins in the National Parks. Let me just sum up my personal opinion with "Hell, I wouldn't be the least little bit surprised" at anything DotGov would do.

I understand. A good 1911 trigger can't be beat. I just can't carry cocked and locked anymore. It would be fine for spending the night in a bomb crater with infiltrators expected in the dark, or even as a tent gun, but I can't carry such a weapon unless I'm walking into trouble................and I'm not going to do that, so.............. A smooth & tune trigger job on a Glock helps immensely, and it's easy to do. https://www.pewpewtactical.com/glock-25-cent-trigger-job/

Hello from North Carolina. I have interest in archaic humans species, and thought people on big-foot forum may have share my interest in archaic humans. Here is videos of potentially archaic human site from New World: