Scientists in the US who examined hairs claimed to belong to a yeti in India say that in fact they belong to a species of Himalayan goat.

A blue plaque is unveiled in a Sussex town to a controversial French Jesuit priest who was involved in the Piltdown man controversy.

The claimed recent discovery of Bigfoot in the US state of Georgia has turned out to be a gorilla suit in a block of ice.

Two US men say they have found the body of a Bigfoot, the legendary ape-like creature that has been subject of decades of hoaxes.

Scientists in the UK who examined hairs reputed to belong to a yeti in India say that an initial series of tests have proved inconclusive.

Hair strands thought to be from a yeti-like creature living in India is to be tested in Oxfordshire.

The BBC's Alastair Lawson attempts to find out whether an ape-like creature roams the hills of north-east India.

A Derbyshire artist unveils a sketch of a yeti, based on what are claimed to be eyewitness accounts.

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Careful study of the wrist bones from the prehistoric "Hobbit" bolster the idea that the creature was a distinct human species.

A team of scientists working in Georgia unearths the remains of four primitive human ancestors dating to 1.8 million years ago.

The ancestors of humans began walking upright while they were still living in trees, a theory suggests.

What if humans cast aside processed foods and saturated fats in favour of the sort of diet our ape-like ancestors once ate. Nine volunteers gave it a go... and were glad they did so.

Dr Zeresenay Alemseged has spent five years preparing one of the most sensational fossil finds to come out of Ethiopia.

The 3.3-million-year-old fossilised remains of a human-like child have been unearthed in Ethiopia's Dikika region.

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Scientists in the US challenge popular theory that our ancient ancestors were all-conquering hunters.

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Even the scientists who are DNA testing hair found in a suspected Bigfoot print expect it to be bear or bison. Why is Sasquatch such a powerful myth?

Canadian scientists carry out DNA tests on hair said to come from a sasquatch, the creature also known as Big Foot.