Relevant Peer-Reviewed Literature
Margaryan, A., Sinding, M-H.S., Carøe, C., Yamshchikov, V., Burtsev, I., & Gilbert, M.T.P. (2021). The genomic origin of Zana of Abkhazia. Advanced Genetics, 2(2): e10051.
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Tian, I.Y., Munns, W. and D.J. Meldrum. (2021). Mathematically optimal restoration and stabilization of the Patterson-Gimlin film with computation feature detection. The Relict Hominoid Inquiry. 111:263-287. [PDF]
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Smith, O.D. (2021a). The wildman of China: the search for the yeren. Sino-Platonic Papers, 309, 1-17.
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Smith, O.D. (2021). A Checklist of Hypotheses for the Yeti. Academia Letters, Article 2845. [PDF]
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Harter, K.L. (2021). Does mitochondrial introgression explain the Sasquatch Genome Project data better than a human hybrid of recent origin? The Relict Hominoid Inquiry. 10:77-112. [PDF]
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Tran, H.V., Tran, H.H., and D.J. Meldrum. (2021). Research on Wildmen in Vietnam. The Relict Hominoid Inquiry. 10:77-112. [PDF]
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King, J.E., Woodley, M.A., Sarraf, M.A., & Greenwell, J.R. (2020). Eyewitness reports concerning a putative North American hominoid: anomaly or artifact? Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 20(1-2), 14-48.
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Welker, F., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Kuhlwilm, M. et al. Enamel proteome shows that Gigantopithecus was an early diverging pongine. Nature (2019) doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1728-8. [PDF]
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Damdin, Z. 2019. In the Footsteps of the Almas. The Relict Hominoid Inquiry 8:1-25. [PDF]
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Bindernagel, J. (2018). The ecology of an uncatalogued hominoid in the boreal forest (taiga) of North America and Eurasia. The Relict Hominoid Inquiry. 7:117-134. [PDF]
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Roeder, C.F., & Afinogenov, G. (2018). Cold war creatures: Soviet science and the problem of the abominable snowman. In J. Herzberg, C. Kehrt, & F. Torma (Eds.), Ice and Snow in the Cold War: Histories of Extreme Climactic Environments (pp. 236-252). Berghahn Books.
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Lan T, Gill S, Bellemain E, Bischof R, Nawaz MA, Lindqvist C. 2017 Evolutionary history of enigmatic bears in the Tibetan Plateau–Himalaya region and the identity of the yeti. Proc. R. Soc. B 284: 20171804. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1804 [PDF]
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Svanberg, Ingvar & Ståhlberg, Sabira. (2017). Wildmen in Central Asia. Anthropos: International Review of Anthropology and Linguistics. 112. 51-61. 10.5771/0257-9774-2017-1-51. [PDF]
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Opit, G. (2017). Citizen science and cryptozoology, data received from listeners during 18 years of wildlife talkback on ABC North Coast New South Wales Local Radio. Australian Zoologist, 38(3), 430-456.
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Meldrum, D.J. (2017) Paradigm shifts and the search for relict hominoids. Capeia. [Link]
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Meldrum, D.J. (2017) On the plausibility of another species of bipedal primate existing in North America. Capeia. [Link]
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Meldrum, D.J. (2016). Sasquatch and other wildmen: the search for relict hominoids. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 30(3), 355-373.
Gutiérrez EE, Pine RH (2015) No need to replace an “anomalous” primate (Primates) with an “anomalous” bear (Carnivora, Ursidae). ZooKeys 487: 141–154. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.487.9176 [PDF]
Edwards CJ and Barnett R (2015) Himalayan ‘yeti’ DNA: polar bear or DNA degradation? A comment on ‘Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti’ by Sykes et al. (2014). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 282: 20141712. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1712
MacLeod, N. (2014). Molecular analysis of ‘anomalous primate’ hair samples: a commentary on Sykes et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20140843. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0843 [PDF]
Sykes, B.C., Mullis, R.A., Hagenmuller, C., Melton, T.W., Sartori, M. (2014). Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20140161. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0161 [PDF]
DeSilva, J. M. and Gill, S. V. (2013). Brief communication: A mid-tarsal (midfoot) break in the human foot. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 151: 495–499. doi:10.1002/ajpa.22287 [PDF]
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Trachtengerts, M. (2012). The large-bodied hominoids of the Himalayas. Scientific Journal of Zoology, 1(3), 52-60.
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Meldrum, J. and Guoxing, Z. (2012). Footprint Evidence of the Chinese Yeren. The Relict Hominoid Inquiry 1:57-66.[PDF]
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Blu Buhs, J. (2011). Tracking bigfoot through 1970s North American children’s culture: how mass media, consumerism, and the culture of preadolescence shaped wildman lore. Western Folklore, 70(2), 195-218.
DeSilva, J.M. (2010). Revisiting the “mid-tarsal break.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 141:245–258
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Ellen, R. (2009). Images of the Wildman in Southeast Asia: An Anthropological Perspective, Journal of Ethnobiology 29(2), 359-360. https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-29.2.359
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Regal, B. (2009). Entering dubious realms: Grover Krantz, science, and sasquatch. Annals of Science, 66(1), 83-102.
Cooper JE, Cooper ME, Budgen P. 2009. Wildlife crime scene investigation: techniques, tools, and technology. Endangered Species Research 9:229-238. doi:10.3354/esr00204 [PDF]
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Lozier, J.D., Aniello, P., & Hickerson, M.J. (2009). Predicting the distribution of sasquatch in western North America: anything goes with ecological niche modelling. Journal of Biogeography, 36(9), 1623-1627.
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Regal, B. (2008). Amateur versus professional: the search for bigfoot. Endeavour, 32(2), 53-57.
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Meldrum, D.J. (2007). Ichnotaxonomy of giant hominoid tracks in North America. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 42, 225-231.
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Coltman, D., & Davis, C. (2006). Molecular cryptozoology meets the sasquatch. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21(2), 60-61.
Milinkovitch MC, Caccone A, Amato G. 2004 Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate extensive morphological convergence between the ‘yeti’ and primates. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 31, 1– 3. doi:10.1016/ S1055-7903(04)00045-4
Meldrum DJ. 2004. Midfoot Flexibility, Fossil Footprints, and Sasquatch Steps: New Perspectives on the Evolution of Bipedalism. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 18 (1) 65–79. [PDF]
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Bindernagel, J.A. (2004). The sasquatch: an unwelcome and premature zoological discovery? Journal of Scientific Exploration, 18(1), 53-64.
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Milinkovitch, M.C., Caccone, A., & Amato, G. (2004). Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate extensive morphological convergence between the ‘‘yeti’’ and primates. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 31, 1-3.
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Green, J.W. (2004). Historical overview and basic facts involved in the sasquatch or bigfoot phenomenon. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 18(1), 37-51.
Meldrum, D. J. 2002. Midfoot flexibility and the evolution of bipedalism. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement, 34, 111–112.
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Trachtengerts, MS. 2002. Reconstruction of the alma's head. Natural and Technical Sciences, 3: 38-42. [PDF]
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Meldrum, D. Jeffrey, and Lonny G. Erikson. Dermatoglyphics in casts of alleged North American ape footprints. (Biology Poster Abstracts). Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science, vol. 37, no. 1, 2001, p. 36.
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Gillman, P. (2001). The yeti footprints. The Alpine Journal, 2001, 143-151.
Meldrum, D. J. 1999. Evaluation of alleged Sasquatch footprints and inferred functional morphology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement, 27, 161.
Meldrum, D. J., & Wunderlich, R. E. 1998. Midfoot flexibility in ape foot dynamics, early hominid footprints and bipedalism. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement, 26, 161.
Ciochon R, VT Long, R Larick, L González, R Grün, J de Vos, C Yonge, L Taylor, H Yoshida, and M. Reagan. 1996. Dated co-occurrence of Homo erectus and Gigantopithecus from Tham Khuyen Cave, Vietnam. PNAS 93 (7) 3016–3020. [PDF]
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Sapunov, V.B. (1995). Ecological twin species and some obscure questions of Hominidae evolutions. Human Evolution, 10(3), 193-198.
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Bodley, J.H. (1988). Sasquatch footprints: can dermal ridges be faked? Northwest Science, 62(3), 129-130.
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Beeson, R. (1988). Improbable species, deceit, and social control in the context of behavioral ecology. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 22(2), 239-251.
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Krantz, G.S. (1987). A reconstruction of the skull of Gigantopithecus blacki and its comparison with a living form. Cryptozoology, 6, 24-39.
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Krantz, G.S. (1986). A species named from footprints. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 19(1), 93-99.
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Kets de Vries, M.F.R. (1982). Abominable snowman or bigfoot: a psychoanalytic search for the origin of yeti and sasquatch tales. Fabula, 23, 246-261.
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Schiefke, R.W. (1982). Comparison of alleged “yeti” hair with known animal families. Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal, 15(1), 35-41.
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Greenwell, J.R., & King, J.E. (1981a). Attitudes of physical anthropologists toward reports of bigfoot and Nessie. Current Anthropology, 22(1), 79-80.
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Greenwell, J.R., & King, J.E. (1981b). On the taxanomic [sic] status of sasquatch: an anthropological consensus. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 15(1), 57-59.
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Greenwell, J.R., & King, J.E. (1980). Scientists and anomalous phenomena: preliminary results of a survey. Zetetic Scholar, 6, 17-29.
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Ames, M.M. (1980). Epilogue to Manlike Monsters on Trial. In M.M. Halpin & M.M. Ames (Eds.), Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence (pp. 301-315). University of British Columbia Press.
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Bryant, V.M. Jr., & Trevor-Deutsch, B. (1980). Analysis of feces and hair suspected to be of sasquatch origin. In M.M. Halpin & M.M. Ames (Eds.), Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence (pp. 291-300). University of British Columbia Press.
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Gill, G.W. (1980). Population clines of the North American sasquatch as evidenced by track lengths and estimated statures. In M.M. Halpin & M.M. Ames (Eds.), Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence (pp. 265-273). University of British Columbia Press.
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Westrum, R. (1980). Sasquatch and scientists: reporting scientific anomalies. In M.M. Halpin & M.M. Ames (Eds.), Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence (pp. 27-36). University of British Columbia Press.
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Kirlin, R.L., & Hertel. L. (1980). Estimates of pitch and vocal tract length from recorded vocalizations of purported bigfoot. In M.M. Halpin & M.M. Ames (Eds.), Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence (pp. 274-290). University of British Columbia Press.
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Strasenburgh, G.R. Jr. (1979). More on Neanderthal vs. Paranthropus. Current Anthropology, 20(3), 624-627.
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Beeson, R. (1979). The improbable primate and modern myth. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 13(1), 91-110.
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Westrum, R. (1978). Results of a questionnaire on the sasquatch. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 12(1), 109-112.
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Bayanov, D. (1977). A hominologist’s view from Moscow, USSR. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 11(1), 128-134.
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Bayanov, D., & Bourtsev, I. (1976). On Neanderthal vs. Paranthropus. Current Anthropology, 17(2), 312-318.
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Tschernezky, W., & Cooke, C.R. (1975). The unpublished tracks of snowman or yeti. The Mankind Quarterly, 15(3), 163-177.
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Strasenburgh, G.R. Jr. (1975a). On Paranthropus and relic hominoids. Current Anthropology, 16(3), 486-487.
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Strasenburgh, G.R. Jr. (1975b). Perceptions and images of the wild man. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 9(2), 281-298.
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Bayanov, D., & Bourtsev, I. (1974). Reply. Current Anthropology, 15(4), 452-456.
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Porshnev, B.F., Bayanov, D. and Bourtsev, I. 1974.The Troglodytidae and the Hominidae in the Taxonomy and Evolution of Higher Primates. Current Anthropology 15, No. 4: 449-456. doi: 10.1086/201497
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Krantz, G.S. (1972a). Anatomy of the sasquatch foot. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 6(1), 91-104.
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Krantz, G.S. (1972b). Additional notes on sasquatch foot anatomy. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 6(2), 230-241.
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Jilek-Aall, L.M. (1972). What is a sasquatch – or, the problematics of reality testing. Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal, 17(3), 243-247.
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Suttles, W. (1972). On the cultural track of the sasquatch. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 6(1), 65-90.
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Krantz, G.S. (1971). Sasquatch handprints. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 5(2), 145-156.
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Rigsby, B. (1971). Some Pacific Northwest native language names for the sasquatch phenomenon. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 5(2), 153-156.
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Green, J.W. (1967). Reports indicating the existence of giants, human-like creatures, in North America. Genus, 23(3/4), 221-245.
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Sanderson, I.T. (1967). The wudewása or hairy primitives of ancient Europe. Genus, 23(1/2), 109-140.
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Sanderson, I.T. (1963). Some preliminary notes on traditions of submen in arctic and subarctic North America. Genus, 19(1/4), 145-162.
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Sanderson, I.T. (1962). Hairy primitives or relic submen in South America. Genus, 18(1/4), 60-74.
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Byrne, P. (1962). Being some notes, in brief, on the general findings in connection with the California bigfoot. Genus, 18(1/4), 55-59.
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Tschernezky, W. (1960). A reconstruction of the foot of the ‘abominable snowman’. Nature, 186(4723), 496-497.