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Scientists discover hitherto unknown population of humans

Scientists discover hitherto unknown population of humans
Scientists discover hitherto unknown population of humans
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and researchers from Australia, Germany, Indonesia, Malaya, and South Korea have discovered the remains of a hitherto unknown hunter-gatherer teenage girl CNN reports.

The teenager died in South Sulawesi about 7.3 - 7.2 thousand years ago, at the age of 17-18. Her remains were found in the Panninge cave at a depth of about 190 centimeters.

Scientists have compared the DNA of the deceased with previously published data on ancient humans in Eastern Eurasia. It turned out that the DNA of the Sulawesi teenager does not match either modern or ancient humans. According to science, its sequence lies between the Australian Aborigines and the Onge (Indigenous people).

The researchers concluded that the genome of the Panninge adolescent belongs to a hitherto indescribable population. Presumably, her ancestors were descended from cousins of Onge and Hoabinhian when the Papuans and Australian Aboriginal groups split.

Scientists suggest that this girl may have been from the local population of hunter-gatherers who inhabited Sulawesi at least 50,000 years ago.

The settlements of Indonesia, Australia, and Oceania have not yet been fully explored by science.

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