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. 2018 Mar 22;173(1):6-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.023.

The Predecessors Within .

Benjamin Vernot  1 , Svante Pääbo  2
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The Predecessors Within .

Benjamin Vernot et al. Cell. .
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Abstract

By examining the genomes of present-day people from Asia, researchers show that modern humans met and interbred with Denisovans, distant relatives to Neanderthals, on at least two occasions. As a result, people today carry DNA from two different Denisovan populations.

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