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"Some modern-day African and Asian populations also show faint traces of genetic mixing with a 'ghost population.' A ghost population means our genome carries evidence of interbreeding with an unknown hominin, although we haven't yet discovered any physical remains belonging to that species (such as bones)." (104) so cool

"... you needed an intimate knowledge of all the scary animals sharing your neighborhood. When is a hippo most likely to crush you into a pulp? What do you do if you're charged by an angry ostrich and there's no tree to climb? If you're fleeing a rampaging elephant, should you confuse your pursuer by dashing through a pride of lions?*

*No idea. If you try this, let me know how things turn out." (50)

"Evolutionary theory is a scientifically and globally accepted theory supported by years of rigorous research and data accumulation." (vi) and yet, evangelical Americans