An Evolutionary Tree Including Four Proposed Episodes of Gene Flow (IMAGE)

University of Utah

An Evolutionary Tree Including Four Proposed Episodes of Gene Flow

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An evolutionary tree including four proposed episodes of gene flow. The previously unknown event 744,372 years ago (orange) suggests interbreeding occurred between super-archaics and Neanderthal-Denisovan ancestors in Eurasia.

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Adapted from Alan Rogers

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