Neanderthals from Denisova Cave Were Related - Archaeology Magazine

Neanderthals from Denisova Cave Were Related - Archaeology Magazine

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT—A genetic study of Neanderthal remains recovered from Denisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains revealed that two individuals who lived 10,000 years apart belonged to closely related lineages linked to each other by a common ancestor, according to a Live Science report. The first individual, known as D17, was male and lived about 110,000 years ago. The second genome belonged to a female, known as D5, who lived about 120,0…