Original sentence: Although the contested results seem to indicate that Mungo Man may have been an extinct subspecies that diverged before the most recent common ancestor of contemporary humans, it is generally accepted that the Lake Mungo remains are direct ancestors of present day Indigenous Australians.However these findings have been have been met with a general lack of acceptance in scientific communities, the sequence is criticized as there has been no independent testing and these results may be due to posthumous modification and thermal degradation of the DNA.Independent DNA testing is unlikely as the indigenous custodians are not expected to allow further invasive investigations
Edited sentence: However these findings have been have been met with a general lack of acceptance in scientific communities, the sequence is criticized as there has been no independent testing and these differences may be due to posthumous modification and thermal degradation of the DNA.It is generally accepted that the Lake Mungo remains are direct ancestors of present day Indigenous Australians