Denisovan
Published on 12 Apr 2025
- Researchers examined over 2,500 bones from Baishya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau, China, revealing that Denisovans lived there 50,000 to 200,000 years ago.
- Denisovans are an extinct hominid species closely related to modern humans.
- First identified in 2010 from remains in Siberia’s Denisova Cave, Denisovans are a recent addition to the human family tree.
- DNA evidence shows they were related to both Neanderthals and modern humans, with possible interbreeding among them.