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March 22, 2016

Researchers find ancient DNA preserved in modern-day humans
Binghamton NY (SPX) Mar 22, 2016
Residents of the remote equatorial islands of Melanesia share fragments of genetic code with two extinct human species. That's the key finding of a new study published in the journal Science. An international team contributed to the research, which compared the DNA sequences of 35 modern people living on islands off the coast of New Guinea with DNA drawn from two early human species: Denisovans, whose remains were found in Siberia, and Neandertals, first discovered in Germany. "Substantial amounts ... read more

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