Via NYTimes (hat tip Dave Carlson over at the Yahoo Discussion Group):
... Geneticists studying DNA now say that, to the contrary, a previously unknown archaic species of human, a cousin of the Neanderthals, may have lingered in Africa until perhaps 25,000 years ago, coexisting with the modern humans and on occasion interbreeding with them....
Interesting fact: Bernard Wood, mentioned in the article, is a friend and an associate of Becky Ackermann, daughter of the Rogers (ESCONI members).
