Explanations
Myra Shackley and Bernard Heuvelmans have speculated that the Almases are a relict population of Neanderthals, while Loren Coleman suggests surviving specimens of Homo erectus. They have been connected to the Denisova hominin. Descriptions of Almases are similar to that of the Yeti of the Himalayas. Another theory is that "wild men" hominid cryptids such as almas, woodwose, barmanou, yeti, sasquatch, orang pendek, etc., are actually feral humans with congenital disorders such as Hypertrichosis who have been ejected from society.
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