reprinted with permission 4/9/2020                    The RELICT HOMINOID INQUIRY 8:1-25 (2019)     Research Article     IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ALMAS*   Zhugdariyn Damdin   EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is a translation of an abridged summary taken from an apparently substantial manuscript produced by Mongolian investigator Zhugdariyn Damdin, who conducted ethnographic and field research on the Mongolian almas over a period of several years (196