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'Ghost' DNA In West Africans Complicates Story Of Human Origins

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Modern genomes from Nigeria and Sierra Leone show signals that scientists call ghost DNA — from an unknown human ancestor. That means that prehistoric humans likely procreated with an unknown group.

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