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The Oldest Denisovan Fossils To Date

Five new hominin fossils from the Denisova Cave are 200,000 years old

Nov 30, 2021
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A new paper1 in Nature Ecology and Evolution has been published documenting the discovery of five new hominin fossils from the famed Denisova Cave, in southern Siberia as well as their associated stone tools and faunal remains. This cave is in the Altai mountains and came to fame approximately 11 years ago when a pinky bone was discovered2. At that time, …

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