Tuesday, August 21, 2012

FOR KIDS: DNA hints at ancient cousins

Scientists find evidence of an extinct humanlike species within modern-day Africans

Web edition : 10:52 am

In a new study, scientists have found hints that some previously unknown ancestors of modern humans appear to have split off into a separate species more than a million years ago. Later, some modern humans appear to have mated with this sister species. Traces of that that sister species persist today in the DNA of some African people. The new findings have appeared?in a scientific journal.

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Found in: Science News For Kids

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/343137/title/FOR_KIDS_DNA_hints_at_ancient_cousins

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