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The findings, published June 11 in the journal Science, come from the largest-ever map of Denisovan-inherited DNA ever created. The discovery shows that Denisovan DNA "is not just a remnant of ancient ...

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"This is the most dense fungal forest on Earth, and they're under wild grasslands," study first author Justin Stewart, an evolutionary biologist at the Society for the Protection of Underground ...