Two tribes of humans once lived by each other in adjacent valleys. One tribe were the humans we see about us today, while the other was a sub-group of the Neanderthals, the Denisovans. Recently it has been discovered that some Eurasians have 1-4% of Neanderthal genomes. So, if you look especially closely at your family, friends and neighbours, you may just see one or two who have these ancient humans in their ancestry. This book tells how these ancestors of ours learned from each other, sometimes killed one another, and occasionally grew to love and care for each other.
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Two tribes of humans once lived by each other in adjacent valleys. One tribe were the humans we see about us today, while the other was a sub-group of the Neanderthals, the Denisovans. Recently it has been discovered that some Eurasians have 1-4% of Neanderthal genomes. So, if you look especially closely at your family, friends and neighbours, you may just see one or two who have these ancient humans in their ancestry. This book tells how these ancestors of ours learned from each other, sometimes killed one another, and occasionally grew to love and care for each other.