Scientists have found the closest relatives of the Denisovites who still live

A study conducted by Sweden's Uppsala University found that 30%-40% of the genome of the aborigines of the Philippines

there is more Denisovan DNA than in the genomes of other peoplesOceania and Australia. During the work, scientists analyzed about 2.3 million genotypes from 118 population groups. The results of the study are published in the journal Current Biology.

Denisov's man, or Denisovite, is extincta subspecies of people. Known from fragmentary material from Denisova Cave in the Soloneshensky region of the Altai Territory of the Russian Federation, as well as the lower jaw found in 1980 in China, on the Tibetan plateau.

In fact, some residents of the Philippines carry inthemselves enjoy more Denisovan DNA than the aborigines of the Papuan Highlands. Until now, it was known as the modern population, most of all similar to the Denisovans.

The study authors note that the resultsThe works reveal a complex and interconnected history of modern and ancient people in the Asia-Pacific region, in which individual groups of Denisovan islanders mixed in different ways with arriving Australians in different places and in different places.

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