East Eurasians and Native Americans carry widespread low-level Denisovan ancestry from common Oceanian source.
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Non-Africans cluster closer to archaic hominins than Africans. Oceanians show strongest affinity to Denisovans. Australians and New Guineans have highest Denisovan ancestry at 3.4%. Other Oceanians have 0.9-3% Denisovan ancestry from recent New Guinea gene flow. East Eurasians, Siberians, and Native Americans have excess archaic ancestry over West Eurasians. Many EE/NA populations show more Denisovan than Neanderthal alleles. EE/NA Denisovan ancestry totals 0.13-0.17%. EE/NA archaic ancestry correlates with New Guinea ancestry. EE/NA archaic ancestry correlates equally with Australian ancestry. Denisovan admixture occurred in common ancestor of Australians, New Guineans, and Mamanwa. EE/NA Denisovan ancestry shares source with Oceanian Denisovan ancestry. Possible Denisovan admixture near Denisova Cave into ancestral EE/NA-Oceanian population. Alternative: back-migration from Oceania to East Asia carrying Denisovans. Africans lack Denisovan signals. West Eurasians have less archaic ancestry than EE/NA. East Asians share more Neanderthal alleles than West Eurasians. Native Americans similar to West Eurasians in Neanderthal sharing but add Denisovans. Mamanwa involved in Oceanian Denisovan cline.

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