Editing Yeti (section)

===21st century===
In 2004, [[Henry Gee]], editor of the journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'', mentioned the Yeti as an example of folk belief deserving further study, writing, "The discovery that ''[[Homo floresiensis]]'' survived until so very recently, in geological terms, makes it more likely that stories of other mythical, human-like creatures such as Yetis are founded on grains of truth."<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1038/news041025-2|title=Flores, God and Cryptozoology|year=2004|last1=Gee|first1=Henry|journal=Nature News}}</ref>

In early December 2007, American television presenter [[Joshua Gates]] and his team ([[Destination Truth]]) reported finding a series of footprints in the Everest region of Nepal resembling descriptions of Yeti.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7122705.stm |title='Yeti prints' found near Everest |access-date=1 December 2007 |author=Haviland, Charles |date=1 December 2007 |work=BBC News |archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215185517/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7122705.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Each of the footprints measured {{convert|33|cm|abbr=on}} in length with five toes that measured a total of {{convert|25|cm|abbr=on}} across. Casts were made of the prints for further research. The footprints were examined by [[Jeffrey Meldrum]] of Idaho State University, who believed them to be too [[Morphology (biology)|morphologically]] accurate to be fake or man-made, before changing his mind after making further investigations.<ref>Daegling, David J. (2004) ''Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend'', AltaMira Press, p. 260, footnote 21, {{ISBN|0-7591-0538-3}}.</ref> Later in 2009, in a TV show, Gates presented hair samples with a forensic analyst concluding that the hair contained an unknown DNA sequence.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131221043436/http://www.syfy.com/destinationtruth/episodes/season/3/episode/309/the_bhutan_yeti The Bhutan Yeti | Episodes | Destination Truth]. Syfy. Retrieved on 7 April 2013.</ref> A cast of the footprint is kept in the queue of [[Expedition Everest]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Src='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/F93a41db4200536509bbb9af6f329c374c6a29d5d67c943dcf025fb95e9207aa?s=60 |first=<img Alt='' |last2=#038;d=retro |last3=Srcset='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/F93a41db4200536509bbb9af6f329c374c6a29d5d67c943dcf025fb95e9207aa?s=120 |first3=#038;r=g' |last4=#038;d=retro |last5=says |first5=#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-60 photo' height='60' width='60' decoding='async'/> Braydon |date=23 April 2008 |title="Yeti" cast to be on display at Animal Kingdom |url=https://attractionsmagazine.com/yeti-cast-to-be-on-display-at-animal-kingdom/ |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Attractions Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 25 July 2008, the BBC reported that hairs collected in the remote [[Garo Hills]] area of [[North-East India]] by Dipu Marak had been analysed at [[Oxford Brookes University]] in the UK by primatologist Anna Nekaris and [[microscopy]] expert Jon Wells. These initial tests were inconclusive, and ape conservation expert [[Ian Redmond]] told the BBC that there was similarity between the cuticle pattern of these hairs and specimens collected by Edmund Hillary during Himalayan expeditions in the 1950s and donated to the [[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]], and announced planned [[DNA]] analysis.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lawson|first=Alastair|title='Yeti hair' to get DNA analysis|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7525060.stm|publisher=BBC|date=25 July 2008|access-date=19 August 2011|archive-date=4 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904033217/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7525060.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> This analysis has since revealed that the hair came from the [[Himalayan goral]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7666900.stm 'Yeti hairs' belong to a goat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302114204/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7666900.stm |date=2 March 2009 }} By Alastair Lawson&nbsp;– BBC News&nbsp;– 11:20 GMT, Monday, 13 October 2008</ref>

A group of Chinese scientists and explorers in 2010 proposed to renew searches in the [[Shennongjia]] Forestry District of [[Hubei]] province, which was the site of expeditions in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2010-10/12/content_21102561.htm |title=Search for ape man continues against the odds |publisher=China.org.cn |date=12 October 2010 |access-date=27 January 2012}}</ref>

At a 2011 conference in Russia, participating scientists and enthusiasts declared having "95% evidence" of the Yeti's existence.<ref name="guardian enthusiasts insist">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/oct/10/siberia-home-to-yeti-bigfoot | title=Siberia home to Yeti, Bigfoot enthusiasts insist |work=The Guardian | date=10 October 2011 | author=Elder, Miriam | quote=More than a dozen scientists and yeti enthusiasts [...] at a day-long conference [...] "Conference participants came to the conclusion that the artefacts found give 95% evidence of the habitation of the 'snow man' on Kemerovo region territory," the statement said.}}</ref> However, this claim was disputed later; American anthropologist and anatomist [[Jeffrey Meldrum]], who was present during the Russian expedition, claimed the "evidence" found was simply an attempt by local officials to drum up publicity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aol.com/2011/11/22/yeti-siberian-snowman-evidence_n_1107370.html#s388533 |title=Yeti Evidence Falls Flat: Scientist Says Local Officials Staged Siberian Snowman Hunt For Publicity |publisher=Aol.com |access-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129105944/http://www.aol.com/2011/11/22/yeti-siberian-snowman-evidence_n_1107370.html#s388533 |archive-date=29 November 2011 }}</ref>

A yeti was reportedly captured in Russia in December 2011.<ref name="A possible yeti captured in Russia!">[http://www.interfax.ru/russia/news.asp?id=224287 В горах Ингушетии пограничники поймали существо, похожее на "снежного человека"]. interfax.ru (28 December 2011)</ref> Initially the story claimed that a hunter reported having seen a bear-like creature trying to kill one of his sheep but, after he fired his gun, the creature ran into a forest on two legs. The story then claimed that border patrol soldiers captured a hairy two-legged female creature similar to a gorilla that ate meat and vegetation. This was later revealed as a hoax or possibly a publicity stunt for charity.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

In April 2019, an Indian army mountaineering expedition team claimed to have spotted mysterious 'Yeti' footprints, measuring {{convert|81|by|38|cm|abbr=on}}, near the [[Makalu]] base camp.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mysterious footprints of mythical beast Yeti sighted, claims Indian Army |journal=[[The Times of India]] |date=30 April 2019 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mysterious-footprints-of-mythical-beast-yeti-sighted-claims-indian-army/articleshow/69107428.cms?from=mdr |access-date=30 April 2019 |archive-date=17 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617051157/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mysterious-footprints-of-mythical-beast-yeti-sighted-claims-indian-army/articleshow/69107428.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live }}</ref>