Mum’s a Neanderthal, Dad’s a Denisovan: First discovery of an ancient-human hybrid
22 AUGUST 2018
"Given the patterns of genetic variation in ancient and modern humans, scientists already knew that Denisovans and Neanderthals must have bred with each other — and with Homo sapiens (See 'Tangled Tree'
. But no one had previously found the first-generation offspring from such pairings, and Pääbo says that he questioned the data when his colleagues first shared them. “I thought they must have screwed up something.” Before the discovery of the Neanderthal–Denisovan individual, whom the team has affectionately named Denny, the best evidence for so close an association was found in the DNA of a Homo sapiens specimen who had a Neanderthal ancestor within the previous 4–6 generations."
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Fascinating article, really enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing. Would love to see an episode of Nova or Nature documentary which covered this research.
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