Zana the Ape-Woman
In the 1800s, a wild, hairy, apelike woman was captured in the Caucasus in Abkhazia in Russia. She was eventually partially tamed, and had several children with some of the local villagers, and has descendants today. But, what the hell was she? Here’s an interesting article from the Daily Mail: Was 19th Century apewoman a yeti? 6ft 6in Russian serf who could outrun a horse was ‘not human’, according to DNA tests Witnesses said Zana the apewoman had the ‘characteristics of a wild animal’ She was allegedly trapped in Caucusus mountains and covered in thick hair Had ‘enormous athletic power’ and she could infamously outrun a horse A genetics professor has analysed DNA of six of her living descendants By Jennifer Newton and Jay Akbar For Mailonline Hundreds of explorers, theorists and fantasists have spent their lives searching for the infamous ‘big-foot’. But a leading geneticist believes he has found evidence to prove that it – or rath...