Cave girl was half Neanderthal, half Denisovan

[hunter]

Once upon a time, two early humans of different ancestry met at a cave in Russia.

Some 50,000 years later, scientists have confirmed that they had a daughter together.

DNA extracted from bone fragments found in the cave show the girl was the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father.

The discovery, reported in Nature, gives a rare insight into the lives of our closest ancient human relatives.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45271644

Walking, and later sailing, is what humans do.

We've been doing it for a long, long time

[eppur_se_muova]

1. ... and that was the last blind date I ever went on. nt

[ret5hd]

2. So...after your sight returned...what then?

[mitch96]

3. "So...after your sight returned...what then?"

What usually happens...... It's a Denisovan thing...

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[sdfernando]

4. You assume too much

could have been the other party that was blind.

[marble falls]

5. I wonder if mixed marrigages were accepted back then.