Ancient Humans Had Sex with Mystery Relatives, Study Suggests

[Skywizard]

http://i.livescience.com/images/i/000/059/863/i02/neanderthal-girl-131202.jpeg?1386001695
A girl goes nose-to-nose with a Neanderthal statue in Germany. Ancient DNA research
is increasingly revealing the genetic links between modern humans and our extinct
ancestors, including Neanderthals and the mysterious Denisovans.

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A new, improved sequencing of ancient human relative genomes reveals that Homo sapiens didn't only have sex with Neanderthals and a little-understood line of humans called Denisovans. A fourth, mystery lineage of humans was in the mix, too.

As reported by the news arm of the journal Nature, new genetic evidence suggests that several hominids — human relatives closer than humans' current living cousin, the chimpanzee — interbred more than 30,000 years ago. This group of kissing cousins included an unknown human ancestor not yet revealed by the ancient DNA record.


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peace...
skywizard

[sheme]

I used to go out with a bloke that looked just like him :luv:

[MorningSong]

I read about this a few weeks ago..interesting stuff.

The "Nature" article even says this about the Denisovans:

The Denisovan genome indicates that the population got around: Reich said at the meeting that as well as interbreeding with the ancestors of Oceanians, they also bred with Neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans in China and other parts of East Asia. Most surprisingly, Reich said, the genomes indicate that Denisovans interbred with yet another extinct population of archaic humans that lived in Asia more than 30,000 years ago — one that is neither human nor Neanderthal.

http://www.nature.com/news/mystery-humans-spiced-up-ancients-sex-lives-1.14196

My first thought as I read that last bit was "Alien DNA, anyone"?

[Agape]

http://i.livescience.com/images/i/000/059/863/i02/neanderthal-girl-131202.jpeg?1386001695
A girl goes nose-to-nose with a Neanderthal statue in Germany. Ancient DNA research
is increasingly revealing the genetic links between modern humans and our extinct
ancestors, including Neanderthals and the mysterious Denisovans.




I doubt it was voluntary :p

[Milneman]

I used to go out with a bloke that looked just like him :luv:

Get out of my head...we dated the same guy??

[sigma6]

I read about this a few weeks ago..interesting stuff.

The "Nature" article even says this about the Denisovans:

The Denisovan genome indicates that the population got around: Reich said at the meeting that as well as interbreeding with the ancestors of Oceanians, they also bred with Neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans in China and other parts of East Asia. Most surprisingly, Reich said, the genomes indicate that Denisovans interbred with yet another extinct population of archaic humans that lived in Asia more than 30,000 years ago — one that is neither human nor Neanderthal.
http://www.nature.com/news/mystery-humans-spiced-up-ancients-sex-lives-1.14196
My first thought as I read that last bit was "Alien DNA, anyone"?

Interesting how they admit there is an element of DNA that they can't deny and then admit that they don't know where it came from... and only 30,000 years ago... how convenient... so that means they have removed the big 'obstruction' sign...

"DO NOT PASS BY HERE - THIS AREA IS LABELED UNDER 'PHENOMENA'... REPEAT DO NOT APPLY FOR GRANTS - TURN BACK - PHENOMENA ALERT!"

[aranuk]

I used to go out with a bloke that looked just like him :luv:

Get out of my head...we dated the same guy??

Do you girls always go for the good lookers?:p

Stan

[betweener]

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