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There's a non-zero chance that many of the asiatic H. Erectus[0] found during the late 19th and early 20th century are, in fact, Denisovans or their relatives,
by MilStdJunkie 3y ago
There's a non-zero chance that many of the asiatic H. Erectus[0] found during the late 19th and early 20th century are, in fact, Denisovans or their relatives, but were recovered in a period where our ideas about human migration were quite different from today's . . and long before genetic analysis[1]. When the remains are examined in their entirety, the variations are quite extreme, with brain sizes ranging from near-ape to practically modern.
[0] i.e., Java Man
[1] Revealing peoples like the Andaman islanders as having a high proportion of non-Sapiens non-neanderthal DNA, something that would fit into a 19th century anthropology not at all.