Estimated number of years ago 2 million 600,000 350,000 100,000 50,000 Present day Archaic Homo ("Ghosts") Denisovans Ancestral humans Neanderthals Europeans Episode of interbreeding Modern humans Melanesians East Asians Africans GRAPHIC: VERNOT ET AL/SCIENCE, ADAPTED BY V. ALTOUNIN/SCIENCE, DATA: A. ROGERS AND S. SANKARARAMAN

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Estimated
number of
years ago
2 million
600,000
350,000
100,000
50,000
Present day
Archaic Homo
("Ghosts")
Denisovans
Ancestral humans
Neanderthals
Europeans
Episode of
interbreeding
Modern humans
Melanesians
East Asians
Africans
GRAPHIC: VERNOT ET AL/SCIENCE, ADAPTED BY V. ALTOUNIN/SCIENCE; DATA: A. ROGERS AND S. SANKARARAMAN
Transcribed Image Text:Estimated number of years ago 2 million 600,000 350,000 100,000 50,000 Present day Archaic Homo ("Ghosts") Denisovans Ancestral humans Neanderthals Europeans Episode of interbreeding Modern humans Melanesians East Asians Africans GRAPHIC: VERNOT ET AL/SCIENCE, ADAPTED BY V. ALTOUNIN/SCIENCE; DATA: A. ROGERS AND S. SANKARARAMAN
Refer back to the previous figure showing interbreeding between Homo species.
Does this interbreeding affect your understanding of what a species is? Why or why
not?
Transcribed Image Text:Refer back to the previous figure showing interbreeding between Homo species. Does this interbreeding affect your understanding of what a species is? Why or why not?
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