Scientists Find the First Denisovan Forearm Bone in a Cave in Southwest China
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This is a first: very rare fossils of Denisovans, the enigmatic Asian “cousins” of Neanderthals, have been unearthed in a cave in southwest China, alongside the stone tools they used. An exceptional discovery that sheds light on the daily life and abilities of these ancient humans who have now disappeared.
This cave in China just rewrote 120,000 years of Denisovan history
The findings include bones and tools that hint at the ancient human relative's biology, diet, and lifestyle.Neanderthals and Denisovans are among our closest extinct human relatives, but there’s still much we don’t know about this ancient relative of ours—but new research may help us take the next step.Today, research teams primarily based in China released two papers in Nature detailing the discovery and analysis of Denisovan remains from Bianf…
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