{"id":536,"date":"2021-03-23T17:05:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news25.org\/?p=536"},"modified":"2021-03-23T17:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:05:49","slug":"how-ancient-humans-saved-giant-pigs-and-komodo-dragons-from-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.news25.org\/how-ancient-humans-saved-giant-pigs-and-komodo-dragons-from-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"How ancient humans saved giant pigs and Komodo dragons from extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ancient humans saved giant pigs and Komodo dragons from extinction, scientists at the Natural History Museum have found.<\/p>\n

Researchers have been long searching for fossil evidence of our mysterious ancient cousins, the Denisovians, who are mainly known from traces of their DNA.<\/p>\n