A Mysterious Species Related To Humans Has Been Discovered - CNN

In case you haven't played Dungeons and Dragons, they are fantasy worlds, replete with humanoids who can interbreed with humans and each other. Lithe, smart elves. Stout and sturdy neande... I mean dwarves. Strong and violent orcs. Tiny hobbits too. In the real world, new species from the genus Homo are popping up on a regular basis. Could D&D be drawing upon a species memory which is only becoming confirmed by science in the 21st century? There's a new (potential) subspecies of hobbit, or H. floresensis, discovered in the Philippines giving anthropologists cause to celebrate and pose questions like, "How did they get there?" Ramping up the festivities, Nathaniel Scharping's heard how The Denisovans May Have Been More Than a Single Species. Those tough hominins we know only from fingerbones and DNA sequencing, and boy howdy do they have enviable genes, could have up to three subspecies who once laid claim to Asia. Who knows? If the Denisovans were genetically closer to neanderthals, perhaps their descendents may be the blond-haired denizens of the Solomon Islands who bear the TYRP1 gene. (CS)

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