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| papa new guinea natives have ~5% Denisovian DNA |
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comparison of the high-quality genome sequence of a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal
woman with those of modern humans and Denisovans reveals a long history of
interbreeding among at least 4 species of early humans. The story of human
evolution just got even more bizarre. The genome of an extinct hominin species,
the Denisovans, contains unusual snippets of DNA that seem to have come from
yet another group.
The new hominin has left its traces in the genome of a Denisovan, an extinct hominin known to exist from a finger bone and two teeth found in a Siberian cave
Neanderthals, Denisovans, Homo Erectus, and ?
Hoopees of course, including the prototype "Zeke".
ReplyDeletetechnically the scientific term is homo drivesselfto8thgradegraduation, distantly related to homo fifthgraderwhoshaves.
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