This cave in China just rewrote 120,000 years of Denisovan history

Filed by Elara Myst

The findings include bones and tools that hint at the ancient human relative's biology, diet, and lifestyle.Neanderthals and Denisovans are among our closest extinct human relatives, but there’s still much we don’t know about this ancient relative of ours—but new research may help us take the next step.Today, research teams primarily based in China released two papers in Nature detailing the discovery and analysis of Denisovan remains from Bianfu Cave, Yunnan, in southwestern ...