Offspring of Neanderthal and Denisovan identified for first time

Discovery suggests that distinct ancient human species may have mingled and interbred happily.

A small piece of bone found in a cave in Siberia has been identified as the remnant of a child whose mother was a Neanderthal and father was a Denisovan, a mysterious human ancestor that ( Read more... )

Before such ideas were arising in proven science, I theorised that Australian Aborigines, and related New Guinears, were more-than-average related to Neandertal. (Not a bad thing, because Neandertal was not a 'backwards' species, in my estimation, contrary to the popular view). After a lot of study, I postulated that Neandertal might even have ( Read more... )

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