Ancient
Deep Dive: Denisovan Fossils Identified
Phys.org reports that a new analysis of a skull fragment and jaw fragment found in northern China’s Xujiayao archaeological site in the 1970s suggests that the fossils belonged to Denisovans. Qiaomei Fu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and her colleagues identified 18 proteins in the fossils. One of the collagen variants is found only in Denisovans, and not in Neanderthals nor modern humans.
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