The journal "Nature" (yes that one), studying sub-Saharan African DNA and their lack of Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA. I don't have a link handy but that's enough of the search terms to find the exact one I'm talking about.
The shocking discovery was that unlike every other group on the planet, sub-Saharan Africans not only featured zero Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA, but had also interbred with a primitive hominid a mere 35,000 years ago. For contrast, Europeans and Asians interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans 500,000 years ago. This directly destroys the ridiculous "out of Africa" 'theory' since if all humans were derived from Africans, Europeans and Asian peoples would have have the DNA markers from the primitive hominid species from 35,000 years ago, but they do not.
Neanderthals and Denisovans had some important features that were passed down when they interbred with Homo Sapiens, namely the larger cranial capacity and higher density of brain folds (which means overall higher density of neurons and higher interconnected-ness of the neuronal network via synapses).
Sub-Saharan Africans have neither the larger cranial capacity nor higher density of brain folds.
The journal "Nature" (yes that one), studying sub-Saharan African DNA and their lack of Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA. I don't have a link handy but that's enough of the search terms to find the exact one I'm talking about.
The shocking discovery was that unlike every other group on the planet, sub-Saharan Africans not only featured zero Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA, but had also interbred with a primitive hominid a mere 35,000 years ago. For contrast, Europeans and Asians interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans 500,000 years ago.
Neanderthals and Denisovans had some important features that were passed down when they interbred with Homo Sapiens, namely the larger cranial capacity and higher density of brain folds (which means overall higher density of neurons and higher interconnected-ness of the neuronal network via synapses).
Sub-Saharan Africans have neither the larger cranial capacity nor higher density of brain folds.
The journal "Nature" (yes that one), studying sub-Saharan African DNA and their lack of Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA. I don't have a link handy but that's enough of the search terms to find the exact one I'm talking about.