Meaning of Denisovan | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or pertaining to an extinct grouping of the genus Homo that lived in the Altay Mountains some 41,000 years ago.

not-comparable

Examples

“Denisovan Man is the first human relative to have been identified purely from DNA, extracted from the bone and a tooth found in the Denisova cave in the Altai mountains of southern Siberia.”

“A molar tooth, measuring around 1.5cm on each side and found at the site in 2000, also belongs to a Denisovan individual.”

“It is the only known place on the planet where three types of humans — Denisovan, Neanderthal and modern — lived, probably not all at once.”

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