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Ep. 112: Early Indians

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Evolution of Homo Sapiens

All non-African Homo sapiens today carry about 2% Neanderthal genes in the DNA. Some of us like the Melonations, Papoons and Aboriginal Australians also carry 3 to 6% Denisovan DNA. Because of the genetic inheritance, we may call them our ancestors. But it is perhaps more reasonable to see them as our evolutionary cousins with whom Homo sapiens did Dali's stop quote.

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