We are what we are because of ancient and mysterious genetics.

People worldwide carry DNA from a mysterious extinct human lineage that interbred with our ancestors long ago.

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Scientists uncovered DNA from two mysterious human ancestors hidden in modern genomes, revealing new clues about our ...

Ancient genomes reveal two unknown human groups, including a 'ghost' lineage that split off 800,000 years ago.

Scientists have identified traces of two previously unknown ancestral populations hidden in modern human DNA, offering new ...

Researchers used a new method to investigate past interbreeding with Homo sapiens that doesn't require ancient DNA. The technique identified areas of living humans' genomes that came from unknown ...

The human family tree is gaining new branches. Researchers have found in modern humans' DNA signs of two previously unknown ancestors – extinct human forms with no fossils or decoded DNA, yet they ...

We’re all descended from H erectus, so it feels like something is missing from the writeup. Edit: the abstract mentions H erectus from Dmanisi (from 1.8 Mya) not having this variant, while the new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient tooth proteins from China suggest Homo erectus may have passed genetic variants into Denisovans and later some humans.

In a first, researchers have sequenced genetic material from 400,000-year-old Homo erectus fossils — and the results reveal deep genetic links to both modern humans and the enigmatic Denisovans. H.