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According to a 2020 study, ‘Recovering signals of ghost archaic introgression in African populations’ by Durvasula and Sankararaman, Sub-Saharan Africans (i.e. West Africans or ‘Black people’) derive up to 19% of their DNA from an unknown, extinct hominin species.
This mystery ‘ghost’ population is estimated to have diverged from the lineage that led to Homo Sapiens approximately 650,000 years ago, before the split between the Homo Sapiens and Homo Neanderthalis lineages. The study predicted that the admixture between Sub-Saharan Africans and the ghost population occurred around 43,000 years ago, long after Eurasians had left Africa. Europe was already populated by Cro-Magnon at that point.
Admixture of non-Homo Sapiens populations in modern human races therefore seems to be as follows:
| Neanderthal | Denisovan | African Ghost Population | |
| Europeans | 1-2% | None or trace amounts | None or trace amounts |
| East Asians | 2-4% | Trace amounts | None or trace amounts |
| Southeast Asians | “Less than Europeans” | “Significant amounts” (Couldn’t find any good data) | None or trace amounts |
| Australo-Melanesians (Oceanians) | “More than Europeans but less than East Asians” | 4-6% | Unknown |
| Sub-Saharan Africans | None or trace amounts | None or trace amounts | 2-19% |
It’s worth noting that studies vary in their estimates on Neanderthal admixture levels. Some claim that East Asians have up to 8% Neanderthal admixture, and others claim that Oceanians have less Neanderthal admixture than Europeans.
Below: Data on Neanderthal and Denisovan admixture from a 2016 study in Current Biology by David Reich & co.
The African ghost population study was covered in Reuters, but I’m astounded that this finding hasn’t gotten more publicity. I guess it throws a huge spanner in the works of the race denialists’ “one race, the human race :^)” propaganda.
Thuletide 
The admixture chart for Australo-Melanesian with Neanderthal reads, “Less than Europeans [1-2%] but more than East Asians [2-4%]”. Less than 1-2% yet more than 2-4%. Is there a typo or something I’m not understanding, or is this mathematical impossibility a reflection of the studies’ varying results that you mention?
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Definitely a typo, thanks for pointing that out.
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So white peoples in fact all other peoples are not a mutation of black African people the first people on earth?
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Well, it looks like the Orthodox Out of Africa theory (that everyone evolved from Sub-Saharan Africans) is pretty much dead in the water. I don’t know what this means for human evolution, as a whole.
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hello, if you are not uncomfortable, then you could also create an article, why the theory of the origin of homo sapiens sapiens in africa is wrong.
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I don’t know about the topic of human origins to write such an article, unfortunately. I would also prefer to wait until more info is available, since more and more data is surfacing every year.
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I see, if it helps, I have two links to a discovery in Greece that puts the theory of Africa in shek, but it has certain errors:
https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-science/human-skull-challenges-out-africa-theory-001283
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/controversial-petralona-skull-and-greek-government-suppression-information-001338
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You never said who the blacks came from. Neanderthals were not people with white skin and blue eyes could appear due to the degradation of their kind. I have blue eyes and white skin because these are defects caused by the degradation of my kind, I also have large muscles caused by the use of protein, that is, I am not Neanderthal, I was just born defective and ate all kinds of supplements that increase muscle.
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I have no idea what you’re talking about.
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This study mentions ghost DNA found in Han Chinese and whites in Utah as well. What are your thoughts on that?
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