The Predecessors Within . .

Vernot, Benjamin; Pääbo, Svante · Cell · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

By examining the genomes of present-day people from Asia, researchers show that modern humans met and interbred with Denisovans, distant relatives to Neanderthals, on at least two occasions. As a result, people today carry DNA from two different Denisovan populations.

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