Al Today
The Living Force
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8861602/Siberians-share-DNA-with-extinct-human-species.html
Siberians share DNA with extinct human species
[...]
Researchers have found that people in East Asia share genetic material with Denisovans, who got the name from the cave in Siberia where they were first found.
[...]
Because they find Denisova-related gene variants in south east Asia and Oceania, but not in Europe and America, the researchers suggest that hybridisation with Denisova man took place about 20 million years ago, but could also have occurred earlier.
This is long after the branch that became modern humans split off from the branch that led to Neanderthals and Denisovans some 300,000 to 500,000 years ago.
dannybananny said:Don't think they are from Kantek because:
The Denisovans, the scientists say, were more closely related to Neanderthals than modern humans.
It's interesting because it seems they were like some hybrid race of neanderthals and modern humans, or something like that, it makes you wonder how much bones of unexplored races are there underground!