Toggle light / dark theme

New clue to human evolution’s biggest mystery emerges in Philippines

Posted in biotech/medical, evolution, genetics, sex

Denisovan DNA lives on in some humans today because, once our Homo sapien ancestors encountered the Denisovans, they had sex with them and gave birth to babies — something geneticists call admixture. By analyzing current-day genetic data, we can look back into human history.


Geneticists have found that a Philippine ethnic group known as the Ayta Magbukon has the highest level of Denisovan ancestry in the world.

Leave a Reply