[mazabotman]

I guess we have a new pejorative term to add to the likes of Neanderthal and troglodyte...

I'll be looking out for the Nat Geo special on this....


Scientists say an entirely separate type of human identified from bones in Siberia co-existed and interbred with our own species.

The ancient humans have been dubbed "Denisovans" after the caves in Siberia where their remains were found.

There is also evidence that this population was widespread in Eurasia.

A study in Nature journal shows that Denisovans co-existed with Neanderthals and interbred with our species - perhaps around 50,000 years ago.

An international group of researchers sequenced a complete genome from one of the ancient hominins (human-like creatures), based on nuclear DNA extracted from a finger bone.

'Sensational' find

According to the researchers, this provides confirmation there were at least four distinct types of human in existence when anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) first left their African homeland.


DNA from a tooth (pictured) and a finger bone show the Denisovans were a distinct group

Along with modern humans, scientists knew about the Neanderthals and a dwarf human species found on the Indonesian island of Flores nicknamed "The Hobbit". To this list, experts must now add the Denisovans.

The implications of the finding have been described by Professor Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London as "nothing short of sensational".

BBC News - Ancient humans, dubbed 'Denisovans', interbred with us

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I guess we have a new pejorative term to add to the likes of Neanderthal and troglodyte...

I'll be looking out for the Nat Geo special on this....

But did they use Vitamin D to cure breast cancer? If not, they are a figment of your imagination, which has been warped by the Running Dogs of Capitalism in the onco-industrial complex.

[mazabotman]

But did they use Vitamin D to cure breast cancer? If not, they are a figment of your imagination, which has been warped by the Running Dogs of Capitalism in the onco-industrial complex.

I defer to ecochuck...and Humber...