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What Is Ghost DNA?

“Ghost DNA” refers to genetic material from an unknown or extinct human species that doesn't match any currently known group like Neanderthals or Denisovans. It's called "ghost" because we don't have fossils or physical remains of this ancient population — only their DNA traces in modern humans.

What Did Scientists Find in the Yoruba?

In a 2020 study published in Science Advances, researchers analyzed the genomes of modern West Africans, including the Yoruba.

They discovered about 2–19% of DNA segments that did not match modern human, Neanderthal, or Denisovan DNA.

This suggests that a previously unknown archaic human species interbred with the ancestors of the Yoruba and some other West African groups tens of thousands of years ago.


Why Is This Important?

It shows that archaic human interbreeding wasn’t limited to Europe and Asia (where Neanderthals and Denisovans left their mark).

It adds to the idea that Africa had a more complex human evolutionary history than previously thought.


Does It Affect How People Look or Act?

Most of this "ghost DNA" is in non-coding regions, so it doesn’t necessarily affect appearance or behavior. But it may have contributed to adaptations or immune system functions in subtle ways — that’s still being studied.

Here's a list of West African ethnic groups or populations that have been found to carry traces of ghost DNA (from an unknown archaic human species), based on genetic studies:

West African Groups with Ghost DNA Evidence

1. Yoruba (Nigeria)
2. Esan (Nigeria)
3. Mende (Sierra Leone)
4. Gambian Mandinka (The Gambia)
5. Akan (Ghana and Ivory Coast)
6. Ewe (Ghana, Togo, and Benin)

Sources and Findings:

These groups were included in genetic databases like the 1000 Genomes Project and studies like the 2020 paper by Durvasula & Sankararaman.

The "ghost DNA" contributed 2–19% of ancestry in some West Africans.

This ancient DNA does not come from Neanderthals or Denisovans, and is believed to come from a now-extinct archaic human that lived in Africa.

UncleAyo:
What Is Ghost DNA?

“Ghost DNA” refers to genetic material from an unknown or extinct human species that doesn't match any currently known group like Neanderthals or Denisovans. It's called "ghost" because we don't have fossils or physical remains of this ancient population — only their DNA traces in modern humans.

What Did Scientists Find in the Yoruba?

In a 2020 study published in Science Advances, researchers analyzed the genomes of modern West Africans, including the Yoruba.

They discovered about 2–19% of DNA segments that did not match modern human, Neanderthal, or Denisovan DNA.

This suggests that a previously unknown archaic human species interbred with the ancestors of the Yoruba and some other West African groups tens of thousands of years ago.


Why Is This Important?

It shows that archaic human interbreeding wasn’t limited to Europe and Asia (where Neanderthals and Denisovans left their mark).

It adds to the idea that Africa had a more complex human evolutionary history than previously thought.


Does It Affect How People Look or Act?

Most of this "ghost DNA" is in non-coding regions, so it doesn’t necessarily affect appearance or behavior. But it may have contributed to adaptations or immune system functions in subtle ways — that’s still being studied.

Here's a list of West African ethnic groups or populations that have been found to carry traces of ghost DNA (from an unknown archaic human species), based on genetic studies:

West African Groups with Ghost DNA Evidence

1. Yoruba (Nigeria)
2. Esan (Nigeria)
3. Mende (Sierra Leone)
4. Gambian Mandinka (The Gambia)
5. Akan (Ghana and Ivory Coast)
6. Ewe (Ghana, Togo, and Benin)

Sources and Findings:

These groups were included in genetic databases like the 1000 Genomes Project and studies like the 2020 paper by Durvasula & Sankararaman.

The "ghost DNA" contributed 2–19% of ancestry in some West Africans.

This ancient DNA does not come from Neanderthals or Denisovans, and is believed to come from a now-extinct archaic human that lived in Africa.

so what is d meaning of this story or what are u driving at?

I don't understand

I tried to educate my people because the nefarious group are already singing about this fact thinking they can hurt us with it.

Sharpsharp00123:
so what is d meaning of this story or what are u driving at?

I don't understand

UncleAyo:
I tried to educate my people because the nefarious group are already singing about this fact thinking they can hurt us with it.

Work on your inferiority complex, ire oo

SMH. Keep projecting.

Projection is when someone attributes their own thoughts, feelings, or motives to someone else, especially ones they find uncomfortable or unacceptable. It's a defense mechanism.

Example:

If someone is feeling insecure but doesn’t want to it it, they might accuse others of being insecure.

If a person is angry but doesn’t want to deal with that feeling, they might say, “You seem really angry,” even if the other person isn’t.


So, “projecting to another person” means putting your own emotions, assumptions, or issues onto someone else, as if they’re the ones experiencing them

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Wahabfuture:





Work on your inferiority complex, ire oo

Could it be the DNA responsible for what Yorubas are known for in Nigeria?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvBfwEkTeg?feature=shared

Dronedude:


Could it be the DNA responsible for what Yorubas are known for in Nigeria?

UncleAyo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvBfwEkTeg?feature=shared

You want to destroy your own thread?

UncleAyo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvBfwEkTeg?feature=shared

https://www.pulse.ng/articles/news/politics/a-drug-baron-has-won-election-in-nigeria-atiku-quotes-newspaper-2024072608171733351

UncleAyo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvBfwEkTeg?feature=shared

This is definitely not real. It looks scripted

UncleAyo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvBfwEkTeg?feature=shared

Ironically all the people on de*throw for dr*g tr*fficking in Saudi Arabia are all Yorubas. Also the US and UK specifically target yorubas for their anti-cyberfraud operations. Your Obas and Pastors are on their watch list

Keep up with the gaslighting. It's like you did not see his comment before mine or you just decide to pretend he doesn't.

ResidentSnitch:

You want to destroy your own thread?

UncleAyo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvBfwEkTeg?feature=shared

You attacking Ibo people because of my post not knowing if I'm Ibo? You see now that's what I'm talking about the DNA thing and for you the DNA is not ghost its dominant. Ọgbọ́n je omi le ogo

UncleAyo:
Keep up with the gaslighted. It's like you did not see his comment before mine or you just decide to pretend he doesn't.

So the reasonable thing for you to do is to respond in kind and end up detailing your informative thread?
I should assume that you are more mature than that.

Golde58:


Ironically all the people on de*throw for dr*g tr*fficking in Saudi Arabia are all Yorubas. Also the US and UK specifically target yorubas for their anti-cyberfraud operations. Your Obas and Pastors are on their watch list

Yorubas probably form 20%. Igbos form 80%. In fact, most Nigerians arrested for drug trafficking offenses are Igbo now. It's fact that figures on nairaland will confirm. 9 out of every 10 na Igbo. Wetin you dey talk?

Golde58:


This is definitely not real. It looks scripted

Video that surfaced online years back already. Dem know unna wells!

Keep up with you the google translate.

Dronedude:




You attacking Ibo people because of my post not knowing if I'm Ibo? You see now that's what I'm talking about the DNA thing and for you the DNA is not ghost its dominant. Ọgbọ́n je omi le ogo

yommen:


Yorubas probably form 20%. Igbos form 80%. In fact, most Nigerians arrested for drug trafficking offenses are Igbo now. It's fact that figures on nairaland will confirm. 9 out of every 10 na Igbo. Wetin you dey talk?

https://www.thecable.ng/full-list-23-nigerians-on-death-row-in-saudi-arabia-for-drug-trafficking/

yommen:


Video that surfaced online years back already. Dem know unna wells!

This doesn't make it unscripted

Yoruba

Keep your "maturity" to yourself please. Why have you not correct the guy but only focus on my maturity.

You think you can gaslight and guilt trip me into submission to your whims?

ResidentSnitch:

So the reasonable thing for you to do is to respond in kind and end up detailing your informative thread?
I should assume that you are more mature than that.

UncleAyo:
Keep your "maturity" to yourself please. Why have you not correct the guy but only focus on my maturity.

You think you can gaslight and guilt trip me into submission to your whims?

Cheers.

Yoruba

Mschew this one dey recycle ♻️ malaria induced Post

Perhaps the world actually started in Ile Ife. (Ife ooye, Ife oo daye nibi ojumo ti mo wa.)

I always feel so too, but there is not yet enough evidence to substantiate it.

ElSudani:
Perhaps the world actually started in Ile Ife. (Ife ooye, Ife oo daye nibi ojumo ti mo wa.)