The ancestors of all modern humans split off from a mystery population 1.5 million years ago and then reconnected with them 300,000 years ago, a new genetic model suggests. The unknown population con… [+4274 chars]
'Mystery population' of human ancestors gave us 20% of our genes and may have boosted our brain function - Livescience.com
A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.
By:Kristina Killgrove
Source:Live Science
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