100% agree. Worse; using deep learning to "find" alleged non-human ancestors is probably a case study in baloney "research" results. Go look at how Neanderthal

100% agree. Worse; using deep learning to "find" alleged non-human ancestors is probably a case study in baloney "research" results. Go look at how Neanderthal admixture was discovered by Patterson's group; they used F-tests. If you can't find it using an F-test, you can't find it using dweeb learning, which is always going to be less data efficient than a simple hypothesis testing technique.