Mysterious ancient humans may have given the people of Papua New Guinea an immune edge
When modern humans first migrated from Africa to the tropical islands of the southwest Pacific, they encountered unknown people and new pathogens. But their immune systems may have learned a few survival tricks when they mated with the locals – the mysterious Denisovans who gave them immune gene variants that could have protected the newcomers’ …
Mysterious ancient humans may have given the people of Papua New Guinea an immune edge Read More »