Human DNA Reveals Traces of Two Unknown Archaic Hominins
According to new research published July 30, 2026, in the journal Science, modern human genomes contain genetic traces from two previously unknown archaic hominin lineages: a “ghost” lineage in Africa that mixed with Homo sapiens more than 50,000 years ago, and a “super-archaic” lineage dating back over 1.7 million years that left its footprint via … Read more