Newslink: AI unearths evidence for previously unknown human ancestor

Evidence for a previously unknown human ancestor has been discovered by scientists using deep learning AI. After years of this mysterious hominid being nothing more than a theory, now a new study reveals the ancestor is believed to have lived some 80,000 years ago. And it could be the missing link in the human genome.

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