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This seems like an argument over semantics. Just just show the DNA in a phylogenetic tree: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fixation_index_in_humans
by jl2718 5y ago
This seems like an argument over semantics. Just just show the DNA in a phylogenetic tree:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fixation_index_in_humans#/media/File:9_Cluster_Tree.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fixation_index_i...
- technobabbler 5y agoWhat if you can't extract DNA from the fossils?
- ImaCake 5y agoBut we can and do. So this question is moot. It becomes important the further back in time you go, but it’s not like we don’t have Neanderthal DNA sequences.
- jeremyjh 5y agoAs the article notes, DNA doesn't survive more than around 100,000 years in the fossil record.
- ImaCake 5y agoPlenty of archaic homo genus groups were around more recently and we have at least some genetic evidence of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisovan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisovan