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If Denisovan people were present only 30,000 years ago in Asia, wouldn't at least some stories have survived, perhaps in the form of legends passed down the gen
by brabel 2y ago
If Denisovan people were present only 30,000 years ago in Asia, wouldn't at least some stories have survived, perhaps in the form of legends passed down the generations? Would be interesting to know if there's any candidates amongst the local population.
- louthy 2y agoIf there are then Crecganford [1] will have probably covered it and followed the evolution of the story across the world - a real treasure trove of a channel (I advise using closed-captions as he often hurries through words). [1] https://www.youtube.com/@Crecganford https://www.youtube.com/@Crecganford
- jccooper 2y agoThat's a very long time for anything to survive. Like, notably, their bones. But we do have evidence of some traditions from ~12kya, so it's possible some shadows of the idea are left. It can be thought that the folklore tradition of crypto-peoples (the elves, dwarves, green men, etc) may contain some echo of other hominids, though any specific connection or detail is unlikely.
- ffgjgf1 2y agoIt’s not necessarily obvious that “normal” humans would have recognized them as a different species. Might have just seen them as a different tribe/race with different facial/etc. features
- brabel 2y agoWell, I think that that's obvious , no? It's not like they had any idea about evolution and speciation yet.