Tag: Denisovans
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The genetic changes that shaped Neandertals, Denisovans, and modern humans
New paper in Cell: Zeberg, H., Jakobsson, M., & Pääbo, S. (2024). The genetic changes that shaped Neandertals, Denisovans, and modern humans. Cell, 187(5), 1047-1058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.12.029 Modern human ancestors diverged from the ancestors of Neandertals and Denisovans about 600,000 years ago. Until about 40,000 years ago, these three groups existed in parallel, occasionally met, and exchanged genes.…
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Archaic human ancestry in East Asia
The article by Skoglund and Jakobsson (2011) published in PNAS shows that people in East Asia share genetic material with Denisovans, named after the cave in Siberia where they were first found. Abstract Recent studies of ancient genomes have suggested that gene flow from archaic hominin groups to the ancestors of modern humans occurred on…
