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First off, the Denisovan people were named after the Denisova cave, not the other way around. Second, until very recently (in the last year or so) we did not ha
by rflrob 7y ago
First off, the Denisovan people were named after the Denisova cave, not the other way around. Second, until very recently (in the last year or so) we did not have any intact bones confirmed to be Denisovan that are large enough to say anything about their morphology (the recent classification of some jaw bones as Denisovan is based on protein sequences, which are more stable than DNA). I’m skeptical of this article given the facts that I know that they got wrong and the lack of any evidence describing why the particular piece couldn’t have been made by some other Homo.
- org3432 7y agoPictures of the cave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisova_Cave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisova_Cave
- dwoozle 7y agoIt’s very impolite to call a person a “homo” just because they are wearing a bracelet.
- hyperpallium 7y agoAnd the Denisova cave was named after this guy Denis, a hermit who lived there. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisova_Cave https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisova_Cave Hermitage and having a human species named after you are not mutually exclusive.
- pico303 7y agoIt’s quoting Siberian Times and Daily Mail...I’d take the entire article with several grains of salt.