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More cave people?

by Kurt
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Did you know that a new species of humans called Denisovians was discovered in the past year or so?

They have a direct ancestor in common with Neanderthals and appear to have lived as recently as 45,000 years ago.

They lived in Asia and Siberia and tt seems that we mated with them and about 1% of Asians (?) and aboriginal Australians share DNA with them.

Some interesting stuff:


Denisova hominin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Denisovans Mated With Humans, Study Says

https://www.google.com/search?source...9&q=Denisovans
  • Profile picture of the author ronaldmd
    Almost all of the people have Denisovan DNA

    Genetic study confirms that approximately 4% of non-African modern human DNA relates to Neanderthals. Tests comparing the Denisova hominin genome with those of six modern humans whose genome has been sequenced: a ǃKung from South Africa, a Nigerian, a Frenchman, a Papua New Guinean, a Bougainville Islander and a Han Chinese showed that between 4% and 6% of the genome of Melanesians (represented by the Papua New Guinean and Bougainville Islander) derives from a Denisovan population. The genes were possibly introduced during the early migration of the ancestors of Melanesians into Southeast Asia. This history of interaction suggests that Denisovans once ranged widely over eastern Asia.

    Later research suggests that modern-day descendants of Denisovans range wider afield than Melanesia. Mark Stoneking, molecular anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, led the research team which found genetic evidence that, in addition to Melanesians, Australian Aborigines, and some small, scattered groups of people in Southeast Asia, such as the Negrito Mamanwa in the Philippines, share varying levels of Denisovan ancestry. However, not all Negritos were found to possess Denisovan genes; Andaman Islanders and Malaysian Jehai, for example, were found to have no Denisovan inheritance. With their results, they challenged the belief that the Denisovans interbred in mainland Asia before spreading to the island from southeast Asia, Melanesia, and Australia. They said that their data "can be most parsimoniously explained if the Denisova gene flow occurred in Southeast Asia itself."
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    • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
      Originally Posted by ronaldmd View Post

      Almost all of the people have Denisovan DNA
      Yes, I've been very prolific.
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      Just when you think you've got it all figured out, someone changes the rules.

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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

    As long as you're sure it's not just an ad hominem argument ...
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      As long as you're sure it's not just an ad hominem argument ...
      Yeah - I seriously think he's monkeying around with this one.


      Ya know, there's a lot of territory on the Tibetan Plateau that hasn't been explored yet. So we can't be so sure of extinction. Many of the farmers in China see men-like creatures running in the fields now and again. Until the upper regions are explored, the word "extinct" is just a guess.
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      When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

        Yeah - I seriously think he's monkeying around with this one.


        Ya know, there's a lot of territory on the Tibetan Plateau that hasn't been explored yet. So we can't be so sure of extinction. Many of the farmers in China see men-like creatures running in the fields now and again. Until the upper regions are explored, the word "extinct" is just a guess.
        As a joke once, when I was about 8, I hid from my mother in the house. It was a SMALL house! The smallest one we ever lived in. I NEVER shut a door! I hid there quite a while while she searched for me. She NEVER found me! I revealed where I was later. HOW did I hide so well? There were a lot of exits into various rooms, and I kept moving. So EVEN if we check the WHOLE PLANET, we can't be sure they are extinct. There was this odd insect like creature that was thought LONG extinct that was found ALIVE in like 1940. And HEY, humans are TRAINED to ignore a lot of things ANYWAY! You may catch a glimpse AND, if there are practical jokers, it is near 4/1 or 10/31, etc.. you may simply IGNORE it!

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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny GotPaid
    I...am not....a monkey!!!!!!! lol
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