Denisovans

 Extinct humans occupied the Tibetan plateau 160,000 years ago

 Extinct humans occupied the Tibetan plateau 160,000 years ago

Bone remains found in a Tibetan cave 3,280 metres above sea level indicate an ancient group of humans survived here for many millennia, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.  The Denisovans are an extinct species of ancient human that lived at the same time and in the same places as Neanderthals and Homo …

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Fossil of extinct human species Denisovan identified in Tibetan plateau, their diet pattern revealed

Fossil of extinct human species Denisovan identified in Tibetan plateau, their diet pattern revealed

Previous evidence had shown that the Denisovans populated the plateau from 1,60,000 to 60,000 years ago. The new analysis, however, has identified a rib specimen as being Denisovan, and dated it to a more recent period — 48,000 to 32,000 years ago. The study, by researchers from Chinese, Danish and British institutions, was published Wednesday …

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