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Re:Opinion: Another species of hominin may still be alive by throw93232 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @12:10AM (#31079692)
There are people alive today with Neandertal ancestry, so at least one other species is still alive.
Re:Opinion: Another species of hominin may still be alive by krrrh on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @12:59AM (#31079870)
Your comment made me curious about the actual extent of this.

> However, the absence of Neanderthal-derived patrilineal Y-chromosome and matrilineal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in modern humans, along with the underrepresentation of Neanderthal X chromosome DNA, could imply reduced fertility or frequent sterility of some hybrid crosses, representing a partial biological reproductive barrier between the groups, and therefore species distinction.

> The genomes of all non-sub-Saharan populations contain Neanderthal DNA. Various estimates exist for the proportion, such as 1–4% or 3.4–7.9% in modern Eurasians, or 1.8–2.4% in modern Europeans and 2.3–2.6% in modern East Asians.

From Wikipedia:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal

Re:Opinion: Another species of hominin may still be alive by dendodge on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @03:49AM (#31080592)
23andMe DNA tests claim to tell you what proportion Neanderthal you are. I, for example, have just under 2% Neanderthal DNA (allegedly), which they say is in the 47th percentile.
Re:Opinion: Another species of hominin may still be alive by kuhewa on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @05:44AM (#31081213)
From what I understand they test for some fraction, like 1/4 to 3/8 ish of total number of known Neanderthal SNPs. Dunno quite how representative that is of the total but I imagine probably a decent correlation.

However, around 2013-14 they either changed the number of SNPs they considered Neanderthal origin or their algorithm changed, and I was PISSED because I went from 95th percentile to 47th-ish myself.

Re:Opinion: Another species of hominin may still be alive by mcherm on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @07:42AM (#31081858)
That is absolutely not what "species" means.
Re:Opinion: Another species of hominin may still be alive by throwaway48375 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:53AM (#31080933)
Denisovans too.