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FOR KIDS: DNA hints at ancient cousins
Scientists find evidence of an extinct humanlike species within modern-day Africans
Web edition: August 21, 2012
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The DNA of some modern-day Africans show signs that our distant ancestors may have mated with an unknown, humanlike species.
Courtesy of Sarah Tishkoff
In a new study, scientists have found hints that some previously unknown ancestors of modern humans appear to have split off into a separate species more than a million years ago. Later, some modern humans appear to have mated with this sister species. Traces of that that sister species persist today in the DNA of some African people. The new findings have appeared in a scientific journal.
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T. Hesman Saey. DNA hints at African cousin to humans. Science News Online, July 31, 2012. [Go to]
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