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The fossilized remains of Denisovans come from just two locations, Siberia and Tibet (though a tooth found in Laos may also ...

The findings, published in Nature, indicate that Denisovans were more widespread than originally thought, successfully populating the Tibetan Plateau before modern humans. It is possible that the ...

ABOVE: Excavations on the Tibetan Plateau have revealed thousands of fragments of Paleolithic tools. YINGSHUAI JIN E ven a seasoned mystery novelist might find it difficult to come up with a more ...

DNA analysis of that tiny fossil led to the 2010 finding that it represented a distinct ancient human population, which scientists dubbed the Denisovans. Many people alive today carry traces of ...