Modern humans evolved from Homo sapiens, and a small percentage of us have Neanderthal DNA. But did you know that there were more species of ancient humans? A newly discovered girl had parents from two different species—one Neanderthal and another one that was recently discovered. This discovery will change our perception of human evolution.
Thanks to modern DNA tests, people can see whether they are part Neanderthal. Neanderthals are an extinct subspecies of humans that went extinct 40,000 years ago. Today, only 2% of Eurasians have Neanderthal DNA, but there are more species of humans that existed thousands of years ago.
A few recent discoveries have found a third species of ancient humans that might have contributed to our ancestry. But how is that possible, and what happened to them? A professor reveals a 3D model of the head of an ancient human—the Denisovan. In southern Siberia, Russia, there is a cave near the Altai Mountains called the Denisova Cave. It was named after an 18th-century hermit who lived there. In 2008, archaeologists from the…Read Full Story Here………………….
