That commenter was responding to the assertion that Denisovans crossed the sea to the Philippines. That would’ve had to have happened >100,000 years ago if so.

That commenter was responding to the assertion that Denisovans crossed the sea to the Philippines. That would’ve had to have happened >100,000 years ago if so. It’s far more likely that the migration happened much later from a population with a heavy Denisovan genetic influence. Then being isolated that population retained more of those genes. The mainland group would’ve likely lost that with mixed breeding. That’s pretty much just common sense.