Archeologists Uncover A Girl From Two Different Species
This is the story of that mysterious girl who many thought should not exist. However, the evidence speaks for itself! Meet the girl from two different species…
The Missing Link
Live Science
The fact that Denny, the girl from two different species, came from a Neanderthal and Denisovan completely changed scientists’ understanding of hominid mating in the ancient world. Currently, researchers are using the information Viviane Slon discovered to determine if Homo sapiens could have mated with Denisovans. If they could have, and one survived, we could one day discover the so-called “Missing Link.”
“It’s amazing to be able to find something like this,” Harvard geneticist David Reich said of the discovery of Denny’s parentage. “It seemed unlikely that we would be able to catch it happening in the act – an individual that’s really the product of a first-generation hybrid… it qualitatively transforms and changes our understanding of the world. And that’s really exciting.” Today, we know more than ever about how young Denny would have spent her days!
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