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Mysterious 'Denisovan' cavemen had sex with humans from Borneo to the Philippines
the rest at Daily Mail link abovePresent-day New Guineans carry a trace of ancient history in their DNA - their genetic grandparents included Denisovans, a 'third species' of early man other than humans and Neanderthals, who walked on two legs and appeared just as man was developing the ability to use tools.
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The human 'family tree' is far more complex than first thought - and Denisovan DNA, first found in a child's finger bone in a cave in Siberia last year, is a crucial 'key' to unravelling prehistory.
Contrary to previous ideas of prehistory, where humans fought with, and stayed separate from our ancestors, interbreeding seems to have been common since early humans left Africa in two groups between 300,000 and 400,000 years ago - one group forming Neanderthals.
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