A tooth found inside of a mountain cave in Laos has solved one of the biggest scientific mysteries of the Denisovans,
Translation is something happened that maybe means something
In the Scopes “monkey” trial, the entire evolutionary theory was based on a tooth. The tooth later turned out to belong to a pig.
“Denisovans could have interbred with the ancestors of modern humans.”
No the Denisovans did interbreed with modern humans, they were a subspecies, sort of like the Key Deer from Florida are just a small, garden variety version of the white-tailed deer.
Look up Melanesia + blue eyes. The blue eyes came from Denisovans. It’s kinda interesting the results, you’ll see blond haired people in Africa, blue eyed people in Africa, white kids with curly, African hair in the Pacific Islands.
Humans in general are not “racially pure”. That does not exist except in some ancient peoples of Africa.
Europeans for instance interbred with dark-skinned peoples who somehow endured the ice age. And they and Asians interbred with Neanderthals.
Ethiopians have a mix of African, European and Asian genes.
Denisovans could have interbred with the ancestors of modern humans.
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That should have been DID, Denisovan DNA is found in several modern groups, including the Ojibwa having the most.
Inherited genes known: adaption to high altitudes, adaption to cold.