Tiny Denisovan Arm Bone Reveals Big Clues About an Elusive Ancient Lineage
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A 4.5 cm Denisovan forearm bone (radius) from Bianfu Cave in China shows a rare mix of Neanderthal-like joint surfaces and modern-human-like bone shape, filling a major anatomical gap in reconstructing the Denisovan arm and, alongside recent leg-bone findings suggesting extreme height, sheds light on what this elusive lineage looked like.
- The First Denisovan Arm Bone Offers a New Clue to What These Ancient and Mysterious Humans Looked Like ZME Science
- Denisovans from southwestern China and their subsistence strategies Nature
- Newfound fossils are spilling Denisovan secrets sciencenews.org
- Chinese cave traces Denisovan hunting and adaptation across 120,000 years Phys.org
- Researchers Discover Rare Denisovan Bones in a Cave in China National Geographic
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