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14.6. A late middle pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau

Chen Fahu , Welker Frido , Shen Chuan-Chou , Bailey Shara E. , Bergmann Inga , Davis Simon , Xia Huan , Wang Hui , Fischer Roman , Freidline Sarah E. , Yu Tsai-Luen , Skinner Matthew M. , Stelzer Stefanie , Dong Guangrong , Fu Qiaomei , Dong Guanghui , Wang Jian , Zhang Dongju , Hublin Jean-Jacques

To read the full abstract: Nature. 2019 May;569(7756):409–412.A Denisovan mandible, identified by ancient protein analysis, was found on the Tibetan Plateau. It is at least 160,000 years old and provides direct evidence of the Denisovans outside Siberia.The enigma of the archaic Denisovan started in 2010 when a fraction of a finger was discovered in the D...