Figure 2

Parsimony edit distances. This figure plots the edit distance histogram of the strict database. The intraspecies markers are: blue dots for H. sapiens distances, red dots for H. neanderthalensis, and dark yellow dots for H. sp. altai (the latter two are clearly limited by the available sequences). Interspecies markers are: purple dots for H. sapiens-H. neanderthalensis, green dots for H. sapiens-H. sp. altai, and orange dots for H. neanderthalensis-H. sp. altai. The separation between all three species is clearly visible.