Ancient CivilizationsDenisovan DNA Gift Lives On In Modern Indigenous Americans Posted on August 23, 2025 by Administrator New research has revealed that an extinct group of ancient humans called Denisovans passed down a crucial genetic inheritance that continues to benefit Indigenous American populations today. The study, published in Science, demonstrates how a specific gene variant acquired through ancient interbreeding provided survival advantages to the first peoples of the Americas and remains prevalent in modern populations with Native American ancestry.
