# Inspector task sheet

Yeti specimens: testing the material behind the Himalayan legend

## 1. Audit the source record

Retrieve the named records for Yeti specimens: testing the material behind the Himalayan legend. Record author, edition, page or section and access date. Treat a catalogue, mirror or translation of one document as the same evidence, not independent corroboration.

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## 2. Build the dated evidence ledger

Build a specimen-by-specimen chain-of-custody table using the paper. Record locality, material, collector, extraction controls and genetic comparison. Separate a confirmed species match from claims about how the sample was originally obtained.

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## 3. Test the interpretation

Replicate testing with authenticated provenance and controls. Require independently authenticated material and reproducible sequencing. Record what would favour or weaken each explanation; leave unperformed work marked as proposed.

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