Mystery Extinct Cavemen Were More Diverse Than Neanderthals

Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 05:13 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A mysterious extinct branch of the human family tree that once interbred with modern humans was more genetically diverse than Neanderthals, a finding that suggests many of these extinct humans called Denisovans existed in what is now southern Siberia.

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