Asian Ancestors Had Sex with Mysterious Human Cousins | Early Human Interbreeding | Genetics of Archaic Human Populations | Neanderthals & Denisovans | LiveScience
Asian Ancestors Had Sex with Mysterious Human Cousins | Early Human Interbreeding | Genetics of Archaic Human Populations | Neanderthals & Denisovans | LiveScience:
Neanderthals weren't the only ancient cousins that humans frequently mated with, according to a new study that finds that East Asian populations share genes with a mysterious archaic hominin species that lived in Siberia 40,000 years ago.
Neanderthals weren't the only ancient cousins that humans frequently mated with, according to a new study that finds that East Asian populations share genes with a mysterious archaic hominin species that lived in Siberia 40,000 years ago.
"This group, the Denisovans, is known only by a few bone fragments: A finger bone, a tooth and possibly a toe bone, which is still undergoing analysis. "
The Denisovans are probably smaller in size. That's probably why Asians are also small.
ReplyDeletehmmm . . . that's a thought. :-0
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