Article 5N8FY Scientists Have Discovered a Hotspot of Denisovan Ancestors

Scientists Have Discovered a Hotspot of Denisovan Ancestors

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George Dvorsky
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A demographic study shows that the Ayta Magbukun-a Philippine ethnic group-has the highest known level of Denisovan ancestry in the world. The finding shows that the history of archaic and modern humans living on the islands of southeast Asia during the Pleistocene is more complex than we imagined.

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