Previously Unknown Subspecies of Human Discovered in Siberia

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Previously Unknown Subspecies of Human Discovered in Siberia

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Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisovan

The jury's still out on whether we want to consider them a subspecies or separate species.
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Related, a BBC doco ... : Lost Tribes of Humanity

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"A detailed comparison of the Denisovan, Neanderthal, and human genomes has revealed evidence for a complex web of interbreeding among the lineages."...wiki

What evidence?

Do you remember when DNA would prove that humans interbreed with chimps until real scientists used DNA and proved otherwise? Then it was Neanderthal DNA would prove they interbreed with humans until real scientists used DNA evidence and proved otherwise. Now the pseudo-scientists suggest that DNA evidence suggests that Denisovan interbreed with everyone else?

Suggestions/hunches are now considered proof of evolution?

I see the makings of another bad sci-fi movie. :facepalm:
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John T wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:11 am proof of evolution?
I didn’t even consider that angle. It’s easy to forget that some people are still creationists.
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Peter Kirby wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:19 pm
John T wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:11 am proof of evolution?
I didn’t even consider that angle. It’s easy to forget that some people are still creationists.
And there it is, the obligatory snide remark that anyone who questions the so-called science of evolution (e.g. Piltdown Man) is automatically a creationists.

Just like anyone that points out the falsification of data by so-called climate scientists (e.g. IPCC) must be a flat-earther.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government ... l-warming/

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John T wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2017 8:16 am
Peter Kirby wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:19 pm
John T wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:11 am proof of evolution?
I didn’t even consider that angle. It’s easy to forget that some people are still creationists.
And there it is, the obligatory snide remark that anyone who questions the so-called science of evolution (e.g. Piltdown Man) is automatically a creationists.
I didn’t even consider that angle. It’s easy to forget that some people are just dumb.
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Then consider this angle.

They want you to believe they found the missing link, based on a tooth and a finger bone that contains similar DNA as modern humans? Keep in mind, chimps share over 99% of our DNA. It is more likely that Denisovan is more closely related to chimp/bonobo than human, if it existed at all.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... he-genome/

Sorry Peter, the jury is not still out, the district attorney doesn't even have enough evidence to call for a grand jury to begin with.
But keep digging, perhaps one day they will find a skull or a pelvic bone to pull DNA from, then get back to me.

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"As it stands, Denisovans are “a genome in search of an archaeological record,” says Reich.

http://discovermagazine.com/2016/dec/me ... denisovans

I have an idea, let's allow independent scientists to review the DNA tests for errors and outright fraud. :tomato:
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Unlike you, I actually try to read your links but of course once I realized you are just posting links of things you haven't even bothered to read and/or understand, I can't help but point out the irony.

The article has nothing to do with Denisovan DNA but regarding the southern African San people 8,100–2,500 years ago.
Still, we can learn from this study just the same.

"Previous studies have suggested that the primary ancestry in the San is from a lineage that separated from all other lineages represented in modern humans today, before the latter separated from each other (Gronau et al., 2011, Veeramah et al., 2012). Such a model emerges when we automatically fit a tree without admixture to the data (Figure 3A), but we also find that a tree-like representation is a poor fit (Figure S4A), in the sense that ancient southern Africans who lived ∼2,000 BP were not strictly an outgroup to extant lineages in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa."

http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092 ... %2931008-5

Translation: We are still trying to figure out how to abuse DNA research to make our human tree match to what we expect and/or want. :facepalm:

Thanks for providing a link that unwittingly makes my argument. :thumbup:

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