The Denisovans May Have Been More Than A Single Species
Apparently thre are three distinct groups of Denisovians:
* Group One = Siberia
* Group Two = SE Asia
* Group 3 = Pacific Islands
I think the American Indians are related to the Siberian group of Denisovians.
They're everywhere, they're everywhere! ;^)
My DNA results showed "<1% Native American" (and quibble -- I was born here, so I am Native American) to which I said, aloud, even though I lived alone, yeah, much less than 1%. The anomaly showed up when I uploaded my raw file to the archaic DNA project -- I was curious about my Neandertal roots -- and the <1% was actually PaleoEskimo.
My guess is, that isn't because I have ancestors among that earlier coat of paint which was wiped out by the Na-Dene and whomever else are Johnny-Come-Relatively-Latelies in the great white north, but because of my 45,000 year old Siberian DNA (from Ust'-Ishim) which is either ancestral to the PaleoE's or has common roots. Oh, just for laughs, I think that's also where the Denisovan DNA hitchhiked into my heritage, and maybe the Neandertals as well.
This isn’t the page I saw a couple years ago, but right track I think:
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/ancient-dna/about/background