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Their DNA survives in diverse populations across the world – but who were the Denisovans?
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Their DNA survives in diverse populations across the world – but who were the Denisovans?

Raw Story  

It started with a finger bone found in a cave in the Altai mountains in Siberia in the late 2000s. Modern humans later evolved in Africa, spread across the globe, and encountered Neanderthals, Denisovans and possibly other unknown archaic human groups. These immune-related genes might have played crucial roles in protecting ancient and modern humans from south and east Asia, …

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Mapping ancient humans' DNA is showing us how we evolved — and how their DNA affects us today
2 years, 2 months ago

Mapping ancient humans' DNA is showing us how we evolved — and how their DNA affects us today

Salon  

When the first modern humans arose in East Africa sometime between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago, the world was very different compared to today. His persistence in developing tools to extract, sequence and interpret ancient DNA enabled sequencing the genomes of Neanderthals, Denisovans and early modern humans who lived over 45,000 years ago. In 2014, my group and David Reich's …

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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Neanderthals
2 years, 2 months ago

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Neanderthals

The Hindu  

Correct answers are highlighted in green. Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Neanderthals 1 / 5 | When was the first fossil identified as a Neanderthal specimen discovered? Next 4 / 5 | The entry of modern humans into which region drove the Neanderthals to extinction. Western Asia Europe Northern Africa Middle Africa The entry of modern humans into …

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Discovering our ancestors
2 years, 4 months ago

Discovering our ancestors

China Daily  

Fu Qiaomei has been affectionately nicknamed by her colleagues and the moniker gives a clue to her line of work. The 39-year-old's efforts and persistence have enabled extinct societies to tell their tales, even though their remains and clues to their identity have been compromised, almost beyond recognition, by the passage of time. Her evidence-backed discoveries of a modern human …

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