>>A fossil jaw shatters records for the earliest inhabitants of the Tibetan Plateau—and gives new insights into the enigmatic Denisovans.<<

>>A study published today in Nature reveals just how much this ancient jaw has to say. A detailed analysis of its physical features as well as proteins extracted from the fossil suggest that the mandible, dated to 160,000 years ago, comes from the enigmatic human population known as the Denisovans—a sister group to the Neanderthals previously identified from scant remains found in a single cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains.<<

>>The study has also piqued other researchers’ curiosity about what else may be hiding at elevation. “The high mountains of Asia are really, really unknown,” Viola says. “People usually just assumed nobody lived there.”<<

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/05/mysterious-ancient-human-denisovan-found-roof-world/

I was just reading about this at another place.

Really exciting news.

Yes, there’ll be more of these turning up in dribs and drabs in years to come.

Bubblecar said:

Yes, there’ll be more of these turning up in dribs and drabs in years to come.

Very interesting. I don’t believe it because Denisovan is exactly synchronous with Heidelbergensis, but very interesting just the same.

mollwollfumble said:

Bubblecar said:

Yes, there’ll be more of these turning up in dribs and drabs in years to come.

Very interesting. I don’t believe it because Denisovan is exactly synchronous with Heidelbergensis, but very interesting just the same.

Yes you are right, bet the boffins never thought of that!