‘Mosaic’ skulls linked to mysterious Denisovan humans who went extinct in the last ice age
TWO 100,000-year-old skulls unearthed in China are up-ending ideas about human evolution. They appear to be hybrids of humans, neanderthals — and a third mysterious race.
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Tau.Neutrino said:
‘Mosaic’ skulls linked to mysterious Denisovan humans who went extinct in the last ice ageTWO 100,000-year-old skulls unearthed in China are up-ending ideas about human evolution. They appear to be hybrids of humans, neanderthals — and a third mysterious race.
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It would be even more exciting if they weren’t Denisovans. If not, then that would show that what paleontologists think they know about so-called advanced and primitive features is a myth, forcing a major rethink of basing species definitions on bone shape.
Until some DNA is sequenced, all of this matrix human and Denisovan human remains nearly pure speculation. It may even be a completely new species never seen before.
mollwollfumble said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
‘Mosaic’ skulls linked to mysterious Denisovan humans who went extinct in the last ice ageTWO 100,000-year-old skulls unearthed in China are up-ending ideas about human evolution. They appear to be hybrids of humans, neanderthals — and a third mysterious race.
More…
It would be even more exciting if they weren’t Denisovans. If not, then that would show that what paleontologists think they know about so-called advanced and primitive features is a myth, forcing a major rethink of basing species definitions on bone shape.
Until some DNA is sequenced, all of this matrix human and Denisovan human remains nearly pure speculation. It may even be a completely new species never seen before.
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