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The Denisovans or Denisova hominins ( / dəˈniːsəvə / də-NEE-sə-və) are an extinct species or subspecies of archaic human that ranged across Asia during the Lower and Middle Paleolithic, and lived, based on current evidence, from 285 to 25 thousand years ago. [1] Denisovans are known from few physical remains; consequently, most of what ...
Tam Pa Ling (Cave of the Monkeys) is a cave in the Annamite Mountains in north-eastern Laos. It is situated at the top of Pa Hang Mountain, 1,170 m (3,840 ft) above sea level. Three hominin fossils have been discovered in the cave: TPL1, a skull belonging to an anatomically modern human; TPL2, a mandible with both modern and archaic traits; and ...
The introgression events into modern humans are estimated to have happened about 47,000–65,000 years ago with Neanderthals and about 44,000–54,000 years ago with Denisovans. Neanderthal-derived DNA has been found in the genomes of most or possibly all contemporary populations, varying noticeably by region.
Little is known about the Denisovans. But a new study is revealing how these enigmatic ancient humans survived in the Tibetan plateau, one of Earth’s most extreme environments.
Denisova Cave. Denisova Cave (Russian: Денисова пещера, romanized:Denísova peshchéra, lit. 'the cave of Denis'; Altay: Аю-Таш, romanized:Ayu Tash, lit. 'Bear Rock' [ 2 ]) is a cave in the Bashelaksky Range of the Altai Mountains, Siberian Federal District, Russia. The cave has provided items of great paleoarchaeological and ...
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Denny. (hybrid hominin) Denny (Denisova 11) is an ~90,000 year old fossil specimen belonging to a ~13-year-old Neanderthal - Denisovan hybrid girl. [1][2] To date, she is the only first-generation hybrid hominin ever discovered. [3] Denny’s remains consist of a single fossilized fragment of a long bone discovered among over 2,000 visually ...
The Plain of Jars (Lao: ທົ່ງໄຫຫິນ Thong Hai Hin, [tʰōŋ hǎj hǐn]) is a megalithic archaeological landscape in Laos. It consists of thousands of stone jars scattered around the upland valleys and the lower foothills of the central plain of the Xiangkhoang Plateau. The jars are arranged in clusters ranging in number from one ...