Scientists finally link human fossils found in China fifty years ago to the Denisovans, early human ancestors that we still know very little about
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Two bones from Xujiayao, dug up in China in 1976-79 and dated to 199,000-138,000 years ago, yielded 18 proteins that point to Denisovans.
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