Ancient humans 'rampantly interbred' with Neanderthals
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:56 pm
Ancient humans rampantly indulged in interspecies sex in a Lord Of The Rings-type world of different human groups, new DNA analysis has revealed.
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And our ancient bedfellows appear to have included a 'mystery human ancestor', which has not yet been identified. Genome analysis from a Neanderthal and another group of ancient humans, the Denisovans, was presented to a meeting of the Royal Society in London, and it included 'snippets' of the mystery DNA - neither human nor Neanderthal. It suggests that interbreeding was rampant and more widespread between the human-like groups living in Europe and Asia more than 30,000 years ago than previously thought, scientists say.
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And our ancient bedfellows appear to have included a 'mystery human ancestor', which has not yet been identified. Genome analysis from a Neanderthal and another group of ancient humans, the Denisovans, was presented to a meeting of the Royal Society in London, and it included 'snippets' of the mystery DNA - neither human nor Neanderthal. It suggests that interbreeding was rampant and more widespread between the human-like groups living in Europe and Asia more than 30,000 years ago than previously thought, scientists say.
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