Thursday, December 30, 2021

Negrito Tribe in Philippines has nearly 5 percent Denisovan archaic human DNA

  an Indigenous group in the Philippines called the Ayta Magbukon have 30 to 40 percent more Denisovan DNA than these other frontrunners, for a total of nearly 5 percent of their genomes.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/indigenous-filipino-group-has-highest-known-denisovan-ancestry-69089 

  the degree of Denisovan ancestry was highly variable, and substantially higher among Negritos than in other groups.

 Denisovans may have been in the islands long before the presence of any modern human ethnic group,” Larena tells Gizmodo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bqU6QsW-sM