The "ghost" of a mystery species of archaic human has been discovered in the genomes of modern West Africans. The discovery suggests early humans living in the region were interbreeding with this ...

About 50,000 years ago, ancient humans in what is now West Africa apparently procreated with another group of ancient humans that scientists didn't know existed. There aren't any bones or ancient DNA ...

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X-ray vision has long been a staple power for superheroes, but soon mere mortals could see hidden objects with a little help from AI. Researchers at the University of Glasgow have demonstrated a ...

Modern genomes from Nigeria and Sierra Leone show signals that scientists call "ghost" DNA — from an unknown human ancestor. That means that... 'Ghost' DNA In West Africans Complicates Story Of Human ...

An artist's rendering of DNA. Scientists have found traces of DNA that they say is evidence that prehistoric humans procreated with an unknown hominin group in West Africa. (Westend61 | Getty ...