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As stated above Denisovans were first found in a remote cave in the harsh Siberian climate, in the Altai Mountains located in Russia between China and Mongolia.(German, PRI). When looking at regions Denisovans occupied and explored, it appears that Denisovans originally migrated out of Africa, around the same time as Neanderthals began to break away from the continent as well (Katsnelson, New). Although Denisovans took a more easterly/southern route compared to Neanderthals when leaving Africa. Exploring and settling regions in Central and SE Asia, stretching as far north as Siberia. Denisovans used land bridges exposed during the Pleistocene era, to gain access to regions as far south as Papua New Guinea and Australia. Although recent DNA findings suggest, Denisovans resided in Spain and Western Europe …show more content…
However due to the large area Denisovans occupied and the interbreeding that took place with other hominin species, Siberian Denisovan Dna is quite different from that found in humans in …show more content…
Those being a finger bone, two teeth, and a toe bone. Although these bones do give us some clues to their physical appearance, and even the gender of the extinct Denisovan. The finger bone, for example is strangely large and broad and belonged to a female, allowing us to infer the Denisovans were possibly a similar physical type compared to Neanderthals. The tooth, however has not provided researchers with any new discoveries on its morphological characteristics, other than having similarities to Homo erectus teeth (Reich, Genetic). However the last finding of the toe bone has revealed through extensive testing that Homo sapiens sapiens did in fact interbreed with Denisovans and have hybrid offspring (Zimmer, toe). Finally recent discoveries of skulls found in Dali and Maba may have Denisovan ancestry or may even provide clues on onto whether there were Asian
As stated above Denisovans were first found in a remote cave in the harsh Siberian climate, in the Altai Mountains located in Russia between China and Mongolia.(German, PRI). When looking at regions Denisovans occupied and explored, it appears that Denisovans originally migrated out of Africa, around the same time as Neanderthals began to break away from the continent as well (Katsnelson, New). Although Denisovans took a more easterly/southern route compared to Neanderthals when leaving Africa. Exploring and settling regions in Central and SE Asia, stretching as far north as Siberia. Denisovans used land bridges exposed during the Pleistocene era, to gain access to regions as far south as Papua New Guinea and Australia. Although recent DNA findings suggest, Denisovans resided in Spain and Western Europe …show more content…
However due to the large area Denisovans occupied and the interbreeding that took place with other hominin species, Siberian Denisovan Dna is quite different from that found in humans in …show more content…
Those being a finger bone, two teeth, and a toe bone. Although these bones do give us some clues to their physical appearance, and even the gender of the extinct Denisovan. The finger bone, for example is strangely large and broad and belonged to a female, allowing us to infer the Denisovans were possibly a similar physical type compared to Neanderthals. The tooth, however has not provided researchers with any new discoveries on its morphological characteristics, other than having similarities to Homo erectus teeth (Reich, Genetic). However the last finding of the toe bone has revealed through extensive testing that Homo sapiens sapiens did in fact interbreed with Denisovans and have hybrid offspring (Zimmer, toe). Finally recent discoveries of skulls found in Dali and Maba may have Denisovan ancestry or may even provide clues on onto whether there were Asian