Are modern humans really losing DNA?

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Without dates and DNA, it’s difficult to try to piece together the evolutionary origins of humanity from piles of bones. As we just saw for the new Homo Naledi find in a South African cave, that rarely stops an archeologist from spinning a good yarn.

Yet as we have noted, even when researchers do manage to get their hands on good DNA, there is still no guarantee they will arrive at the right conclusions.

Are modern humans really losing DNA? | ExtremeTech

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Modern humans are infamous for losing Y chromosomal DNA by fractions of a percentage point every single decade.
Our mitochondria has remained fairly stable.
Retroviral DNA is rapidly expanding by the hour.