Posted on 12/25/2010 1:48:33 AM PST by Islander7
NEW YORK Scientists have recovered the DNA code of a human relative recently discovered in Siberia, and it delivered a surprise: This relative roamed far from the cave that holds its only known remains.
By comparing the DNA to that of modern populations, scientists found evidence that these "Denisovans" from more than 30,000 years ago ranged all across Asia. They apparently interbred with the ancestors of people now living in Melanesia, a group of islands northeast of Australia.
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What they are not so keen on is competition. Thus no Neanderthals and no Denisovans.
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