The Siberian species

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In the latest use of DNA to investigate the story of humankind, scientists have decoded genetic material from an unidentified human ancestor that lived in Siberia (Denisova Cave in Altai Mountains of southern Siberia) and concluded it might be a new member of the human family tree.
The DNA doesn't match modern humans or Neanderthals, two species that lived in that area around the same time — 30,000 to 50,000 years ago, tells by journal Nature/AP/Guardian.
The researchers , who say (by Johannes Krause and Svante Paabo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany) the Siberian species is not a direct ancestor of modern-day people, hope further genetic analysis will show if it's a new species. Some experts are skeptical about whether such analysis will resolve that.

Anatomically modern humans have often lived alongside their evolutionary relatives, one expert said.

We weren't alone," said Todd Disotell of New York University, who was familiar with the new work. "When we became modern, we didn't instantly replace everybody. There were other guys running around who survived quite well until very, very recently.

Äskettäin viime kuussa tehtiin geneettisesti analysoitu uusi löytö - a man who lived in Greenland some 4,000 years ago.



Altai Mountains in southern Siberia