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Ancient humans had sex with a mysterious species, scientists discover
News.com.au ^ | July 25, 2017 | Jasper Hamill

Posted on 07/25/2017 4:08:29 PM PDT by Candor7

HUMANITY has a filthy secret: our ancestors used to have sex with members of other species. That’s the finding in a new piece of research which suggests ancient people used to romp with a “ghost” species of proto human.

We are just one of a number of species known as hominins. Members of this family include Neanderthals and Denisovans, which are no longer found on Earth. “It seems that interbreeding between different early hominin species is not the exception — it’s the norm,” said Omer Gokcumen, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Buffalo.

Gokcumen tested the DNA of humans living in Sub-Saharan Africa and found genes which were “wildly different from versions found in other modern humans”. These genes probably trace back to prehistoric rumpy pumpy which probably took place about 150,000 years ago between our ancestors and a mysterious species.

“Based on our analysis, the most plausible explanation for this extreme variation is archaic introgression — the introduction of genetic material from a ‘ghost’ species of ancient hominins,” Gokcumen added. “This unknown human relative could be a species that has been discovered, such as a subspecies of Homo erectus, or an undiscovered hominin. “We call it a ‘ghost’ species because we don’t have the fossils.” People living today would be a lot more like Neanderthals had it not been for a quirk of evolutionary fate.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: genes; ghost; interbreeding; mystery; nephilim
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Maybe the myths are true?
1 posted on 07/25/2017 4:08:30 PM PDT by Candor7
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To: Fred Nerks

the gods, you don’t suppose do you?


2 posted on 07/25/2017 4:09:16 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama Fascism (http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Candor7

Maybe this explains why some current people are the way they are — not fully human.


3 posted on 07/25/2017 4:10:47 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Candor7

it’s all there in the book of genesis...


4 posted on 07/25/2017 4:10:47 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Candor7

5 posted on 07/25/2017 4:11:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Candor7
so that's where these genes came from..... I always wondered about other species:


6 posted on 07/25/2017 4:12:30 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: Candor7

Discovery? It’s been know for many years that Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens inbred.


7 posted on 07/25/2017 4:12:42 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Candor7

As good as any explanation for Maxine Waters and Sheila Jackson Lee.


8 posted on 07/25/2017 4:12:51 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Candor7

Now the phony leftist pop-psychologists will use this to condone bestiality.


9 posted on 07/25/2017 4:13:04 PM PDT by rfp1234 (DinosorosExtinction)
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To: Candor7

Nephilim Alert


10 posted on 07/25/2017 4:13:35 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Candor7

... maybe that’s why some people are born with a vestigial tail.


11 posted on 07/25/2017 4:13:46 PM PDT by nightmarewhileawake
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To: Innovative

12 posted on 07/25/2017 4:13:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Candor7

13 posted on 07/25/2017 4:13:57 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Enchante

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3571997/posts


14 posted on 07/25/2017 4:14:11 PM PDT by rfp1234 (DinosorosExtinction)
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HUMANITY has a filthy secret: our ancestors used to have sex with members of other species

I've got a little secret for you, pal, some humans today have filthy sex and has been endorsed by our government.

15 posted on 07/25/2017 4:14:20 PM PDT by libertylover (In 2016 small-town America got tired of being governed by people who don't know a boy from a girl.)
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To: Candor7

They sure did,

Today we call it a “Nancy Pelosi” :)


16 posted on 07/25/2017 4:14:34 PM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President !)
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To: BenLurkin

17 posted on 07/25/2017 4:14:41 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Candor7

If they can interbreed and produce viable fertile offspring, they’re not a different species. They’re human.


18 posted on 07/25/2017 4:17:15 PM PDT by piasa
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To: WashingtonFire

Ever see the side by side of Chelsea Clinton and Howdy Doody. Weird politicians and puppets! Disgusting.


19 posted on 07/25/2017 4:19:34 PM PDT by hardspunned
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To: Candor7

... does that explain humans with supernumerary nipples ?


20 posted on 07/25/2017 4:20:04 PM PDT by nightmarewhileawake
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