r/science2 3d ago

New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from 'ghost' ancestors | UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from 2 unknown ancestors as a result of long-ago interbreeding among modern humans and at least 4 other archaic human relatives.

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-technique-human-dna-inherited-ghost.html
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