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> Melanesians were found to have a mysterious third archaic Homo species along with their Denisovan (3–4%) and Neanderthal (2%) ancestors in a genetic admixture with their otherwise modern Homo sapiens sapiens genomes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia

> People from Melanesia may carry genetic evidence of a previously unknown extinct hominid species

https://phys.org/news/2016-11-people-melanesia-genetic-evide...

Thank you, stranger.

lostlogin is the name. Seems to be a distant relative of mine...

Modern humans derive from Denisovans so the distinction seems rather minor.

Are you saying the divergence couldn't have been that great if there was some level of interbreeding, or are you saying something else? "Derive" seems like a strong word in this case, considering the low single-digit percentage of denisovan DNA in any modern humans.

> single-digit percentage of denisovan DNA in any modern humans

is likely a wrong description. We share around 90% of DNA with pigs, cucumber and what not (figures estimated, I'm not into Bio).