If you have Denisovan DNA, it means you carry genes from an ancient human species that lived thousands of years ago. 🧬 Denisovans were distant cousins of Neanderthals, and they mysteriously disappeared—but not before mixing with early humans! People with ancestry from Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands tend to have a small percentage of Denisovan DNA. This ancient DNA might even give you some unique traits, like a better ability to survive at high altitudes or a stronger immune system. Scientists are still studying how Denisovan genes affect us today, but they definitely played a role in shaping modern humans. So, if you have a little Denisovan in you, congratulations—you’re carrying a piece of ancient history!
Credit: CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0: Needle: By The Swedish History Museum – https://flic.kr/p/bwxMzg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83243670 Needle 2: By The Swedish History Museum – https://flic.kr/p/bwyptK, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83243644 CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Denisova Phalanx distalis: By Thilo Parg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41805194 Denisova Molar: By Thilo Parg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41805108 CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0: Homo neanderthalensis: By Jakub Hałun, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113008114 Denisova-111: By Buckley, Michael; Derevianko, Anatoly; Shunkov, Michael; Procopio, Noemi; Comeskey, Daniel; Fiona Brock; Douka, Katerina; Meyer, Matthias et al., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76216365 Denisova 4 Denisovan molar 3: By Thilo Parg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65209953 Xiahe mandible: By Dongju Zhang, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80532434 Denisova 4 molar 1: By Thilo Parg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64992063 Homo sapiens neanderthalensis: By Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, https://www.neanderthal.de/de/urmenschen.html, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94895244 Homo erectus: By Jakub Hałun, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113008349 Prehistoric bone needle: By The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55434288 Sapiens neanderthal comparison: By hairymuseummatt, DrMikeBaxter, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21289793 CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0: DNA: By Holoxica/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/68N7T Z-DNA, stick model: By gvsuchem/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/oBXIt B-DNA, stick model: By gvsuchem/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/oCWtt A-DNA, stick model: By gvsuchem/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/oBXHQ TNH2-1 Denisovan specimen: By Fabrice Demeter, Clément Zanolli, Kira E. Westaway, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Philippe Duringer, Mike W. Morley, Frido Welker, Patrick L. Rüther, Matthew M. Skinner, Hugh McColl, Charleen Gaunitz, Lasse Vinner, Tyler E. Dunn, Jesper V. Olsen, Martin Sikora, Jean-Luc Ponche, Eric Suzzoni, Sébastien Frangeul, Quentin Boesch, Pierre-Olivier Antoine, Lei Pan, Song Xing, Jian-Xin Zhao, Richard M. Bailey, Souliphane Boualaphane, Phonephanh Sichanthongtip, Daovee Sihanam, Elise Patole-Edoumba, Françoise Aubaile, Françoise Crozier, Nicolas Bourgon, Alexandra Zachwieja, Thonglith Luangkhoth, Viengkeo Souksavatdy, Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy, Enrico Cappellini, Anne-Marie Bacon, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Eske Willerslev & Laura Shackelford – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=118122557 Sherpa boy: By Vyacheslav Argenberg / http://www.vascoplanet.com/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=124019038 Awl,bone,1993: By Marie Helliwell – https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-771043, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60820795 Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me —————————————————————————————- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.

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