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From the Ted Talk by Svante Pääbo: DNA clues to our inner neanderthal

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Does this then mean that there is after all some absolute defcrfinee between people outside aircfa and inside Africa in that peploe outside Africa have this old component in their genome from these extinct forms of humans, whereas Africans do not? Well I don't think that is the case. Presumably, modern humans emerged somewhere in Africa. They spread across Africa also, of course, and there were older, earlier forms of humans there. And since we mixed elsewhere, I'm petrty sure that one day, when we will perhaps have a genome of also these earlier forms in Africa, we will find that they have also mixed with ealry modern humans in Africa.

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Does this then mean that there is after all some absolute __________ between people outside ______ and inside Africa in that ______ outside Africa have this old component in their genome from these extinct forms of humans, whereas Africans do not? Well I don't think that is the case. Presumably, modern humans emerged somewhere in Africa. They spread across Africa also, of course, and there were older, earlier forms of humans there. And since we mixed elsewhere, I'm ______ sure that one day, when we will perhaps have a genome of also these earlier forms in Africa, we will find that they have also mixed with _____ modern humans in Africa.

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  1. early
  2. people
  3. africa
  4. pretty
  5. difference

Original Text


Does this then mean that there is after all some absolute difference between people outside Africa and inside Africa in that people outside Africa have this old component in their genome from these extinct forms of humans, whereas Africans do not? Well I don't think that is the case. Presumably, modern humans emerged somewhere in Africa. They spread across Africa also, of course, and there were older, earlier forms of humans there. And since we mixed elsewhere, I'm pretty sure that one day, when we will perhaps have a genome of also these earlier forms in Africa, we will find that they have also mixed with early modern humans in Africa.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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live today 2
chinese individual 2
people living 2
neanderthal genome 2
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