Revealing the Face of a Mysterious Ancient Human
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Scientists have identified a skull found in China as belonging to a Denisovan, making it the only known complete Denisovan skull and providing new insights into ancient human species and their distribution across East Asia.
- This is the first ever confirmed skull of a Denisovan National Geographic
- A skull found in a well defied classification. Now it could help unravel an evolutionary mystery CNN
- DNA Discovery Gives Mysterious Ancient Humans a Face The New York Times
- ‘Dragon Man’ skull may be the first from an enigmatic human cousin Science News
- We finally know what the face of a Denisovan looked like New Scientist
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