Researchers studied more than 2,500 bones found inside Baishiya Karst Cave, which is situated 10,760 feet (3,280 meters) above sea level and previously had yielded Denisovan fossil remains. Other bone remains came from woolly rhinos, yaks, small mammals like marmots, birds, and even from the spotted hyena, a large carnivore that prowled the region called the Ganjia Basin. A lower jaw of a Denisovan adolescent previously found at Baishiya Karst is 160,000 years old. Our species, Homo sapiens, did not populate the Tibetan Plateau until about 40,000 years ago, having first appeared in Africa a bit more than 300,000 years ago. We know that based on some Denisovan DNA that is present in the genomes of some modern humans living today.

Source: Tuoitre News July 04, 2024 10:01 UTC