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Humans evolved from two populations
21 Mar 2025
Speculative claims that humans might have evolved from two ancient ancestral populations that:
first diverged from each other around 1.5 million years ago and later merged back together 300,000 years ago, initiating a genetic mixing event that culminated with the birth of modern humans.
Here’s a more accessible journalism piece on the paper.
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