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Mystery hominin had sex with ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans
A strange signal in ancient and modern human DNA suggests the ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans must have mated with an unknown species of human
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Major discovery suggests Denisovans lived in Tibet 160,000 years ago
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Siberian cave reveals secrets of its mysterious Denisovan inhabitants
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Extinct ‘Denisovan’ people may have lived on Earth’s highest plateau
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Complex stone tools in China may re-write our species’ ancient history
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Traces of mystery ancient humans found lurking in our genomes
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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives
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DNA from another mystery human ancestor lingers in some people
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Our ancestors mated with the mystery ‘Denisovan’ people 鈥� twice
The genes of extinct hominins called Denisovans live on in people from China and Papua New Guinea, suggesting two instances of cross-species breeding
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Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans
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We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago
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Meet our hybrid ancestors who kept extinct humans’ DNA alive
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Oldest ever human genome sequence may rewrite human history
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