[SunkenCiv]

Photos of self-identified Negritos from across The Philippines. (Ophelia Persson)

[Beowulf9]

Really interesting stuff.

[Repeal The 17th]

...the accepted theory today is that Philippine Negritos
are descendants of groups of Homo sapiens who migrated
into the Philippines during the Upper Pleistocene
from mainland Southeast Asia...
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https://www.everyculture.com/East-Southeast-Asia/Philippine-Negritos.html

[krogers58]

Thanks for posting this, it’s interesting and it’s a study I would probably not have discovered on my own. Thanks for keeping the level of conversation here, uplifting.

[WMarshal]

I think that the islands ringing the South China Sea helped Denisovans to have more chances to interbreed with humans before being wiped out by warfare or disease. The thousands of islands there were probably initially settled by humans in small groups and, as they spread across each island, there would be a new chance to meet and mingle before disease, warfare, and natural distrust could prevent further contacts like on the mainland. This may have led to the genetic evidence that we see in the Philippines.

Your thoughts?

[krogers58]

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[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Interesting.

We seem to have split up as a species for a time, just long enough to develop some distinct features, and then merged back together.

Not quite sure what to make of this.

[Seruzawa]

Amazing how much stuff anthropologists can make up out of thin air from a couple of bones.

[martin_fierro]

The missing Dennisovians.

I am a silly man

[blueplum]

If I was an ancient person, I’d want to be on an island, too, where I had less chance of becoming a lion’s happy meal.