[SunkenCiv]

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Prehistoric tooth excavated from the Denisova cave in Siberia's Altai Mountains in 2010 (Dr. Bence Viola, Max-Planck-Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology)

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Denisova Cave, entrance (Bence Viola, Max-Planck-Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology )

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[blam]

“We know that they interbred with Neanderthals and modern humans,” he said, noting small amounts of Denisovan DNA in modern-day Melanesians who inhabit a number of Pacific Ocean islands. “At some point the ancestors of present-day Melanesians met Denisovans – we think that the Denisovans were widespread across all of Asia.”

For what it's worth, the Melanesians are the dark/Black Pacific Islanders.

The Tibetans are reported to have inherited a 'high-altitude' gene from the Denisovians. Scientists are intrigued as to why the Denisovians would have a 'high-altitude' gene to begin with.

[martin_fierro]

"We know that they interbred with Neanderthals and modern humans," he said, noting small amounts of Denisovan DNA in modern-day Melanesians who inhabit a number of Pacific Ocean islands. "At some point the ancestors of present-day Melanesians met Denisovans -- we think that the Denisovans were widespread across all of Asia."

[TXnMA]

Folks, I don't know where information like this fits into our discussion of Adam and Eve. But, I do know that it would be dishonest of us (and dishonoring of God and his Creation) to ignore it in favor of saying that our particular interpretation of Genesis makes such evidence in the Creation record a lie.

When the evidence God left of his Creation and our interpretations of Scripture clash, it is we who are under the burden of examining our interpretations of Scripture -- AND of the scientific record -- to resolve the disparity.

Or, are some of us ready to call God a liar, because he left such evidence for us to find?