Monday, November 9, 2015

Denisovans: High-altitude gene links Tibetans, Sherpas to extinct race - SFGate

High-altitude gene links Tibetans, Sherpas to extinct race - SFGate

If the story of human evolution is written in our genes, then Tibetans and the Sherpas of today hold genetic evidence that their ancestors once coupled with a long-vanished group of humans known as the Denisovans, distant kin of the Neanderthals.

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