Found: An ancient hominin hybrid who had a Neanderthal for a mother and a Denisovan for a father

Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 14:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Anthropologists have just hit the genomic jackpot. Among the thousands of bone fragments excavated from an ancient cave in the Altai mountains in Siberia, scientists have identified an inch-long shard that belonged to a rare hominin hybrid: a female with a Denisovan dad and a Neanderthal mom. An...

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