New research shows that ancient humans had sex with non human species.
According to a study conducted by Omer Gokcumen, an assistant professor
of biological sciences at the University of Buffalo, ancient humans had
intercourse with a "ghost species" of "proto human".
Gokcumen explains that humans are only one member of a broader species named "hominins".
The research found that humans had sex with other members of the hominins group.
Gokcumen found "wildly different" genes in DNA of humans living in
Sub-Saharan Africa. He believes these genes can be traced back to about
150,000 years ago when ancient humans were breeding with this mysterious
"ghost species".
This other
species is referred to by the scientific community as a "ghost species"
as there are no known fossils that can be analysed.
"It seems that interbreeding between different early hominin species is
not the exception - it's the norm," Gokcumen said, quoted by the Sun.
"Based on our analysis, the most plausible explanation for this extreme
variation is archaic introgression - the introduction of genetic
material from a 'ghost' species of ancient hominins."
