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denisovans

  • Some hominins were named Denisovans after the cave in Russsia where their fossils were originally found. (Deminalex, Wikimedia Commons)
    The "Ghost" Hominin
    Paul Patton
    It's interesting that modern anthropologists can do more than just study fossil bones and teeth. Ancient remains sometimes contain surviving DNA, and this has let scientists study the genomes of both the Neanderthals and the Denisovans.