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Modern humans interbred with Denisovans twice in history
Science Daily ^ | March 15, 2018 | Cell Press

Posted on 03/16/2018 4:46:53 AM PDT by Makana

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To: Makana
I just got back my Ancestor DNA results, and most of my DNA comes from Western Europe.

This may explain why I feel better with a Paleo diet combined with a Med Diet. Also, I may have inherited my seasonal allegies and passed on to the generations below me from the dang Denisovans.

Most non-Africans possess at least a little bit Neanderthal DNA. But a new map of archaic ancestry--published March 28 in Current Biology--suggests that many bloodlines around the world, particularly of South Asian descent, may actually be a bit more Denisovan, a mysterious population of hominids that lived around the same time as the Neanderthals. The analysis also proposes that modern humans interbred with Denisovans about 100 generations after their trysts with Neanderthals.

The Harvard Medical School/UCLA research team that created the map also used comparative genomics to make predictions about where Denisovan and Neanderthal genes may be impacting modern human biology. While there is still much to uncover, Denisovan genes can potentially be linked to a more subtle sense of smell in Papua New Guineans and high-altitude adaptions in Tibetans. Meanwhile, Neanderthal genes found in people around the world most likely contribute to tougher skin and hair.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160328133514.htm

41 posted on 03/16/2018 8:55:04 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dems are having trouble with their MAMA campaign (Make America Mexico Again) versus MAGA!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

This would explain my high school football coach...

Or , maybe, the BASQUES ?


42 posted on 03/16/2018 8:55:45 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: Makana

Now we know what Elizabeth Warren really fears in taking a DNA test.


43 posted on 03/16/2018 9:03:46 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: NTHockey

6:1


44 posted on 03/16/2018 3:09:45 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Makana

Isn’t this what David Koresh was?
A Branch Denisovan?


45 posted on 03/16/2018 7:44:28 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: DuncanWaring
Thanks.

Why Am I Denisovan?

46 posted on 03/16/2018 8:27:28 PM PDT by blam
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To: PGalt; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks PGalt. Uploaded my DNA raw file to an academic project, turned up Denisovan DNA, so, not bad! :^)

47 posted on 03/17/2018 12:21:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

are they supposed to be a whole separate species?

I blame global warming.


48 posted on 03/17/2018 1:38:51 PM PDT by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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To: Makana

They are, if this is true, likely demon spawn, angel spawn, or the spawn of humans, who became isolated and through interbreeding and the conditions they were living in, specialized into a subspecies, not unlike wolves and foxes have. They then “stumbled” upon each other and cross bred, apparently still being viable with each other.


49 posted on 03/17/2018 4:23:48 PM PDT by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus. He says absolutely amazing things, which few dare consider.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; Makana; SunkenCiv; All

Tigers and lions can interbreed producing a Tiglion or a Liger. Don’t know if they are always sterile like mules. At any rate just be glad there are no chimpanzees running around in the Middle East.


50 posted on 03/17/2018 7:21:47 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Vaquero

That they could pro-create says they were just different breeds of the same species. Collies instead of coon hounds


51 posted on 03/19/2018 5:29:25 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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