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DNA test of 90,000-year-old bone reveals human hybrid

Researchers in Germany say they have proof that a pre-historic teenager had parents who were members of two different species of pre-humans. Scientists used DNA from a 90,000-year-old bone fragment found in Siberia. The tests found that while the girl's mother was Neanderthal, her father came from a newly discovered species. Charlie D'Agata reports.
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