Denisovans – an extinct sister group of Neanderthals – were discovered in 2010, when a research team led by Svante Pääbo from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) sequenced the genome of a fossil finger bone found at Denisova Cave in Russia and showed that it belonged to a hominin group that was genetically distinct from Neanderthals.

The Xiahe mandible, only represented by its right half, was found in 1980…

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Source: archeo