“Consequently, human populations outside of Africa have around a two per cent input of Neanderthal DNA, while those in Oceania may also have up to four per cent of Denisovan DNA. He said the simple models of 20 years ago had been replaced by much more complex ones where our species had a Recent African origin and also where species boundaries with other human groups were still genetically open, leading to interbreeding. “New fossil and archaeological discoveries, new dating work and particularly new DNA studies are revolutionising how we look at recent human evolution,’’ Professor Stringer said. He will explain how our species, which evolved in Africa, is related to the populations of Neanderthals in western Eurasia, the Denisovans in eastern Eurasia and Homo floresiensis in Indonesia, and why we are the only humans left today. Internationally renowned palaeoanthropologist Professor Chris Stringer FRS will discuss this in a public lecture at Brisbane City Hall on Friday, July 8. We’ve all heard of Neanderthals but how many people know that modern humans lived with two other kinds of humans 100,000 years ago?
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