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You’re arguing for a founder effect explaining the higher Denisovan proportion on the island vis a vis other parts of southeast asia?

• garbagetime 5y ago
  Are you implying that wouldn't make sense? Because it makes sense to me.
  • ummonk 5y ago
    That was my first thought when I had seen news of the paper, but the paper had some data to suggest the negritos split off from other sapiens before the denisovan introgression.
• deleted 5y ago
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• spoonjim 5y ago
  Makes sense. Denisovan descendants go to Philippines, the ones left behind get killed off by some other land-based group.