Africans have more nuclear DNA from archaic hominins than non-Africans. Eurasians have Neanderthal admixture at 1-4% – Africans lack it but show signals of archaic admixture. African archaic admixture estimated at 2-19% from unknown sources. Yoruba genomes show largest archaic segments. Admixture in Africans dated 20,000-300,000 years ago. Multiple archaic introgression events in African populations. San and Pygmy groups have distinct archaic signals. No Neanderthal in sub-Saharan Africans confirms Out-of-Africa model. Archaic admixture higher in West Africans than East. Ghost archaic lineages closer to humans than Neanderthals in Africans. Selection reduced archaic alleles less in Africans. Y-chromosome and mtDNA show no archaic signals unlike autosomes. Sub-Saharan diversity hides deeper archaic contributions.
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