"Meet Denny, the ancient mixed-heritage mystery girl " Topic

"Of all the ancient peoples that have been studied by scientists, none has set puzzles quite so profound as those left behind by the Denisovans. Only a few tiny pieces of bone and teeth have ever been found of this long extinct species – fragmentary remains that would all fit snugly inside a cigarette packet.

Yet these fossil scraps suggest that Denisovans had a considerable influence on people today. Up to 6% of the genes now found in modern New Guineans and 3-5% of the DNA of aboriginal Australians is made up of Denisovan DNA, scientists have discovered. The gene that allows Tibetan people to survive high altitudes is also believed to have been inherited from them. This information tells us one thing: tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans encountered Denisovans – and had sex with them. It is a startling discovery that raises many basic questions. Just who were the Denisovans? What did they look like? And what were their relations with the Neanderthals, their closest evolutionary cousins? Did they have tools and art like the Neanderthals?…."
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Armand

Ancient alien theorists know the answer to that question!

With all the clever math people have figured out you can learn a lot about these people from just this tiny amount of data, but not as much as you'd like. It's important to stop when you reach a certain point. Go look for more data. Accept that you don't know what happened here. With race so central to modern civic discourse we really want to know what happened, but we can't. We can only delude ourselves if we start piecing things together on the basis of what "makes sense" rather than what the data demonstrates.

Technically, I think I am taking the "fun ruiner" position.

(smile)

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Armand

"This information tells us one thing: tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans encountered Denisovans – and had sex with them."

Duh, people are naturally horny. And I'm betting that alcoholic beverages were invented farther back in the past than the eggheads think… ;-)

Ha-Ha-Ha….!

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Armand

This information tells us one thing: tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans encountered Denisovans – and had sex with them.

Or, to be less racist and more clear, "thousands of years ago, some humans met some other humans and some of them had sex, like every other time humans encountered humans.