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DNA from Denisovans can be found in humans today: DNA from an unknown ancient ancestor of humans that once bred with Denisovans still exists among people today, study reveals
Daily Mail Online ^
| 06 Aug 2020
| Ian Randall
Posted on 08/07/2020 11:24:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
[Ghost] DNA from an unknown ancient ancestor of humans that once bred with Denisovans still exists among the genomes of people today, a study has revealed.
The different branches of the human family tree have interbred and swapped genes -- a processes known as 'introgression' -- on numerous occasions...
Experts from the US found that some three per cent of the Neanderthal genome came from interbreeding with another ancient human group 300,000 years ago...
The researchers used the algorithm to look at genomes from two Neanderthals, a Denisovan and two African humans.
Alongside finding that a small proportion of the Neanderthal genome came from ancient humans, the team also determined that one per cent of the Denisovan genome appears to have come from an unknown and more distant species.
Moreover, up to 15 per cent of this 'super-archaic' genetic material has likely been passed down into modern humans who are alive today, the researchers said.
While it is not clear exactly from which species these fragments of DNA originated, the team suspect that they may have come from Homo Erectus...
Bone and ivory beads found in the Denisova Cave were discovered in the same sediment layers as the Denisovan fossils, leading to suggestions they had sophisticated tools and jewellery...
DNA from molar teeth belonging to two other individuals, one adult male and one young female, showed they died in the cave at least 65,000 years earlier.
Other tests have suggested the tooth of the young female could be as old as 170,000 years.
A third molar is thought to have belonged to an adult male who died around 7,500 years before the girl whose pinky was discovered.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: denisovans; dna; genetics; ghostdna; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; homoerectus; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
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The rest of the Denisovans keyword, surprisingly large, chrono sorted:
- John Hawks - Who were the ancestors of the Neanderthals? [2020]
- Researchers Sequence Genome of Neanderthal Woman from Chagyrskaya Cave [2020]
- Humans and Neanderthals: less different than polar and brown bears [2020]
- Neandertals had older mothers and younger fathers [2020]
- A study refutes the similarities between the teeth of Denisovans and modern Asians [2020]
- Southeast Asia was crowded with archaic human groups long before we turned up [2019]
- Denisovans, A Mysterious Form Of Ancient Humans, Are Traced to Tibet [2019]
- The first known fossil of a Denisovan skull has been found in a Siberian cave [2019]
- Extinct human species lived together in Siberian cave, new research shows [2019]
- 50,000 year old tiara made of woolly mammoth ivory found in world famous Denisova Cave [2019]
- 'Denisova 11' Had Neanderthal Mother and Denisovan Father [2018]
- Cave girl was half Neanderthal, half Denisovan [2018]
- No evidence of 'hobbit' ancestry in genomes of Flores Island pygmies [2018]
- Homo sapiens developed a new ecological niche that separated it from other hominins [2018]
- A New Batch of Neanderthal Genome Provides Insights Into Their Complex History [2018]
- Modern humans interbred with Denisovans twice in history [2018]
- No Volcanic Winter In East Africa From Ancient Toba (Super-Volcano) Eruption [2018]
- Is this stunning bracelet made by Paleolithic man for his favourite woman really 70,000 years old? [2017]
- New DNA From A Neanderthal Bone Reveals Evidence Of A Lost Tribe Of Humans [2017]
- Neanderthals In California? Maybe So, Provocative Study Says (Denisovians?) [2017]
- New DNA Study Shows Humans Bred With Unknown Species [2017]
- Site in Germany yields human presence over 1 million years ago [2016]
- A golden age of ancient DNA science begins [2016]
- 400,000-year-old fossils from Spain provide earliest genetic evidence of Neandertals [2016]
- Ancient Denisovan DNA excavated in modern Pacific Islanders [2016]
- Neanderthals boosted our immune system [2016]
- Latest study suggests early human dispersal into Spain through Strait of Gibraltar [2016]
- Mysterious 14,000-year-old leg bone may belong to archaic human species [2015]
- Ancient human ancestor may have persisted through Ice Age [2015]
- Thigh bone points to unexpectedly long survival of ancient human ancestors [2015]
- Prehistoric tooth reveals surprising details about long-lost human 'cousins' [2015]
- DNA from Neandertal relative may shake up human family tree [2015]
- Stone bracelet is oldest ever found in the world [Denisovan, 40K ago] [2015]
- Fossil Found In Asia Could Be A New Species Of Human [2015]
- The Case of the Missing Ancestor: DNA from Russia adds a mysterious new member to the human family [2014]
- Tibetans get high-altitude edge from extinct Denisovans' genes [2014]
- Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins [2013]
- Ancient Humans Had Sex With A Mystery Species (Not Neanderthals Or Denisovans) [2013]
- At 400,000 Years, Oldest Human DNA Yet Found Raises New Mysteries [2013]
- Ancient Humans Crossed Ocean Barrier? [2013]
- Modern Humans in India Earlier Than Previously Thought? [2013]
- Ancient Siberians may have rarely hunted mammoths [2013]
- Archaeogenetic research refutes earlier findings [2013]
- Modern Y-Chromosome Variation Surpasses Archaic Humans (article) [2013]
- Toba super-volcano catastrophe idea 'dismissed' [2013]
- Researchers Publish Improved Neanderthal Genome [2013]
- Ancient Mariners: Did Neanderthals Sail to Mediterranean? [2012]
- Anthropologist suggests Mediterranean islands inhabited much earlier than thought [2012]
- DNA Unveils Enigmatic Denisovans [2012]
- How our DNA differs from that of Denisovans, our extinct cousins [2012]
- Mysterious Chinese Fossils May Be New Human Species [2012]
- Neanderthals were ancient mariners [2012]
- Modern Humans Interbred with Archaic Humans in East Asia, Study Says [2011]
- Many roads lead to Asia (Denisovans, migrations, etc.) [2011]
- Neanderthal sex boosted immunity in modern humans [2011]
- Stone Age toe could redraw human family tree [2011]
- Mating with Neanderthals Good for Human Health [2011]
- Cretan tools point to 130,000-year-old sea travel [2011]
- Scientists say new human relative roamed widely in Asia [2010]
- Genome of extinct Siberian cave-dweller linked to modern-day humans [2010]
- Ancient humans, dubbed 'Denisovans', interbred with us [2010]
- DNA says new human relative roamed widely in Asia [2010]
- Is the Mysterious Siberian "X-Woman" a New Hominid Species? [2010]
- Gene research reveals fourth human species [2010]
- Possible new human ancestor found in SiberiaPossible new human ancestor found in Siberia [2010]
- DNA identifies new ancient human dubbed 'X-woman' [2010]
- New ancestor? Scientists ponder DNA from Siberia [2010]
- 'Pompeii-Like' Excavations Tell Us More About Toba Super-Eruption [2010]
- On Crete, New Evidence of Very Ancient Mariners [2010]
- Ancient hominids may have been seafarers [2010]
- Super-Eruption: No Problem (Toba) [2007]
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:24:25 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks Covenantor for the link.
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:25:08 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
1st time I’ve ever heard of the Denisova Cave
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:27:02 AM PDT
by
corkoman
To: SunkenCiv
two Neanderthals, a Denisovan and two African humans go into a bar...
To: SunkenCiv
(Insert “Mother-In-Law” Joke Here)
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:34:08 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
To: SunkenCiv
So there were 6 or 7 “races” of humans (including the Hobbits?) and we killed off all (most?) of the ugly ones.
To: SunkenCiv
"...male who died around 7,500 years before the girl whose pinky was discovered."
What about Cro Magnons?
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:38:14 AM PDT
by
z3n
To: SunkenCiv
The Denisovans disappeared when they were banned by Twitter and FaceBook. Something about annoying the fact checkers.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:42:47 AM PDT
by
Linda Frances
(Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
To: treetopsandroofs
Nah.
We interbred with these smaller isolated populations.
Smaller populations melt into the larger unless there is something that makes them want to keep separate.
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:42:55 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
To: SunkenCiv
The girl whose pinky was discovered
And we have another book title.
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:46:14 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: treetopsandroofs
To: treetopsandroofs
like jack handy said
“I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they’d never expect it.”
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:49:43 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:50:31 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: blueunicorn6
I had my DNA done by National Geographic and 23 and Me both said that I had a certain percentage of Denisovan as part of my DNA.
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:54:34 AM PDT
by
magua
(It's not racism, it's just that thisBecause itÂ’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015.)
To: SunkenCiv
Traveling Neanderthal businessmen, out of town and alone, closing time at the Denisovan bars, and well...., this is what happened.
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posted on
08/07/2020 12:04:55 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: magua
The Army made me give them a DNA sample.
I figure theyre building super Soldiers with it.
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posted on
08/07/2020 12:07:27 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: SunkenCiv
Who did Captain Kirk go back in time and sleep with now?
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posted on
08/07/2020 12:12:38 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: SunkenCiv
DNA from an unknown ancient ancestor of humans that once bred with Denisovans still exists among the genomes of people today, a study has revealed. Hence the inspirational source of the country music song WHAT WAS I THINKING?
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posted on
08/07/2020 12:13:15 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: treetopsandroofs
“...two Neanderthals, a Denisovan and two African humans go into a bar...”
Out comes Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden and Jerold Nadler, Maxine Waters and Al Sharpton....
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posted on
08/07/2020 12:20:24 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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