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| ==Discovery== | ==Discovery== | ||
| A team of scientists from the ] in ], led by ], sequenced ] (mtDNA) extracted from the fragment of a child's pinky finger bone found in ] in ]. Artifacts excavated in the cave at the same level that the bone fragment was found were carbon dated to around 40,000 old. Likewise, analysis of the mtDNA indicates a common ancestor is last shared between Denisova hominin, Neanderthals, and Modern humans around 1 million years ago.<ref></ref> | A team of scientists from the ] in ], led by ], sequenced ] (mtDNA) extracted from the fragment of a child's pinky finger bone found in ] in ]. Artifacts excavated in the cave at the same level that the bone fragment was found were carbon dated to around 40,000 old. Likewise, analysis of the mtDNA indicates a common ancestor is last shared between Denisova hominin, Neanderthals, and Modern humans around 1 million years ago.<ref></ref> | ||
| ==Anatomy== | |||
| Little is known of the anatomical features of Denisova hominin as the only physical remains discovered thus far are the finger bone from which genetic material was gathered. | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| Denisova hominin Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Genus: | Homo |
Denisova hominin is the name given to a species of proto-human that was identified through the analysis of DNA, and announced in March 2010. Scientists believe that Denisova hominins lived between 1 million and 40,000 years ago, and lived in areas also inhabited by Neanderthals and Modern humans.
Discovery
A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, led by Svante Pääbo, sequenced mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) extracted from the fragment of a child's pinky finger bone found in Denisova Cave in Siberia. Artifacts excavated in the cave at the same level that the bone fragment was found were carbon dated to around 40,000 old. Likewise, analysis of the mtDNA indicates a common ancestor is last shared between Denisova hominin, Neanderthals, and Modern humans around 1 million years ago.
Anatomy
Little is known of the anatomical features of Denisova hominin as the only physical remains discovered thus far are the finger bone from which genetic material was gathered.
See also
- Archaic Homo sapiens
- Homo
- Homo erectus
- Human evolution
- Homo floresiensis
- Recent African origin of modern humans
External links
- Scientists say they've identified new human ancestor
- The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia
- New hominin found via mtDNA - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences
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