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Do Denisovians re-write human history?

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Scientists say they have identified a sub-species of early human, Denisovians, which co-existed with the Neanderthal man and our own direct ancestors but was separate from them.

The Natural History Museum's Professor Chris Stringer says the discovery could mean the story of human evolution will have to be rewritten.


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