Scientists just found DNA from two human relatives we’ve never found a single fossil of, hiding in modern genomes. One mixed with us in Africa 800,000 years ago; the other reached us secondhand, through Denisovans. #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #ancientDNA www.anthropology.net/p/two-ghosts...

Two Ghosts in the GenomeHow a new method for reading DNA’s family tree found evidence of ancient human relatives who left no bones behindwww.anthropology.net