This Cave in China Just Rewrote 120,000 Years of Denisovan History
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How it spread - 7 original reports
Wed, 9 September 2026
5 reports- El Mundo (Spain)15:00first to report
El yacimiento chino de Bianfu aporta uno de los mayores conjuntos de restos de este grupo de humanos extinto fuera de Siberia, donde fueron descubiertos en 2008. Los fósiles y herramientas halladas en China cubren un vacío clave en su expansión por Asia. Leer
- Google News - Top Stories15:09
This Cave in China Just Rewrote 120,000 Years of Denisovan History Gizmodo Fossil remains unearthed in China offer new clues about how Denisovans lived CNN Denisovan tools from cave in China shows how mysterious humans lived New Scientist Scientists unlock new clues to what a mysterious ancient human ancestor looked like Scientific American First Arm Bone Of A Denisovan Discovered In Chinese Cave, Adding A Fascinating Piece To The Prehistoric Puzzle IFLScience
- Google News - Top Stories16:35
Fossil remains unearthed in China offer new clues about how Denisovans lived CNN Denisovan tools from cave in China shows how mysterious humans lived New Scientist Scientists unlock new clues to what a mysterious ancient human ancestor looked like Scientific American First Arm Bone Of A Denisovan Discovered In Chinese Cave, Adding A Fascinating Piece To The Prehistoric Puzzle IFLScience Denisovans from southwestern China and their subsistence strategies Nature
- Google News - Top Stories18:04
Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China Nature Denisovans from southwestern China and their subsistence strategies Nature Fossil remains unearthed in China offer new clues about how Denisovans lived CNN Researchers Discover Rare Denisovan Bones in a Cave in China National Geographic Scientists unlock new clues to what Denisovans, a mysterious ancient human ancestor, looked like Scientific American
- Google News - Top Stories19:02
Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture Nature Denisovans from southwestern China and their subsistence strategies Nature Fossil remains unearthed in China offer new clues about how Denisovans lived cnn.com Researchers Discover Rare Denisovan Bones in a Cave in China National Geographic Scientists unlock new clues to what Denisovans, a mysterious ancient human ancestor, looked like Scientific American
Thu, 10 September 2026
2 reports- ABC News (Australia)04:04
A rare combination of tools and fossils found in a Chinese cave could help scientists learn more about our mysterious extinct cousins, the Denisovans.
- sci.news19:01
Paleoanthropologists have identified a trove of Denisovan fossils from a cave in China’s Yunnan province, extending the known range of the elusive human relative and providing the first-ever direct evidence of what its forearm bones looked like.