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Your DNA carries traces of mysterious extinct relatives who interbred with humans hundreds of thousands of years ago. Scientists just figured out when these ancient cousins joined our family tree.
A new method has revealed that all living humans carry DNA from a mysterious extinct human group that interbred with our ancestors before they left Africa. The discovery rewrites our understanding of human evolution and proves we're connected to relatives we've never even found fossils for.
