Mysterious DNA: two unknown ancestors found in human genome

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Mysterious DNA: two unknown ancestors found in human genome
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The human family tree is gaining new branches. Researchers have found in modern humans' DNA signs of two previously unknown ancestors – extinct human forms with no fossils or decoded DNA, yet they have left traces in our genome.

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