In 2010, DNA analysis of a 40,000-year-old finger bone revealed that it came from a previously unknown group of ancient humans, dubbed the Denisovans after the cave in Siberia where the bone was found ...
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The mysterious Denisovans: The other human species you never learned about
The story of human history is far more complex than many people realize. For a long time, scientists believed that modern ...
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Denisovans: The human species discovered through DNA
Denisovans were first identified from a finger bone found in Denisova Cave, with DNA showing a distinct human group that lived alongside Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Fossils from multiple Denisovan ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In a cave in southern Siberia, DNA reveals that Neanderthals once spent time there, along with another group of early humans: Denisovans.
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