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lupatus
4720 days ago
Left-out of this article is that the Denisovans seem to be one of the ancestors of the Melanesian peoples living in and near Papua New Guinea:
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/neandertal_d...
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More about the Melanesians:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesians
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jnbiche
4720 days ago
He mentioned it briefly, along with Australian Aborigines as well as a population from the Philippines who displays a notable share of Denisovan DNA (around 2.5%, versus ~5% in the Melanesians).
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lupatus
4720 days ago
I must have missed that. Thanks!
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