Saga of early humans etched in DNA of mixed-species child

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http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/g4nXNKTzcLylKIYi6kO9LQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/9d33ea7b5e6e0ac26b49ce3526c8861a00bb62fc.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/saga-early-humans-etched-dna-mixed-species-child-170051899.html)Nicknamed by Oxford University scientists, Denisova 11 -- her official name -- was at least 13 when she died, for reasons unknown. "There was earlier evidence of interbreeding between different hominin, or early human, groups," said lead author Vivian Slon, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Denny's surprising pedigree was unlocked from a bone fragment unearthed in 2012 by Russian archeologists at the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia.



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