Scientists Found Two Mysterious ‘Ghost’ Ancestors Hiding in Our DNA
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Scientists Find Traces of Two Unknown Archaic Hominins in Human DNA
New research led by the University of California, Berkeley reveals that beyond Neanderthals and Denisovans, humans interbred with two mysterious ‘ghost’ lineages: one in Africa more than 50,000 years ago, another in Eurasia over 1.7 million years ago. The post Scientists Find Traces of Two Unknown Archaic Hominins in Human DNA appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Scientists found two mysterious ‘ghost’ ancestors hiding in our DNA
Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic legacy shows that our evolutionary past was shaped by repeated mixing among many different human groups.
In the genomes of modern humans, two previously unknown extinct populations were found, one of which handed over its DNA to all Homo sapiens. The other superarchic line separated about 1.8 million years ago and may have been linked to Homo erectus.
Researchers at Berkeley's University of California have made an amazing discovery identifying DNA sequences that come from two unknown human groups, according to Euronews. These groups, called "phantom ancestors" and "super-Arhaic ancestors," did not leave fossils or sequenced DNA, but their traces persist in the modern human genome.Unknown ancestors in today's human DNA over 1 million years oldA team of American researchers has found genetic ev…
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