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Prehistoric tooth reveals surprising details about long-lost human 'cousins'
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| November 17, 2015
| James Rogers
Posted on 11/18/2015 7:11:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A piece of Denisovan finger bone and another tooth discovered in the same cave, respectively, in 2010 and 2000, had been dated to between 50,000 and 70,000 years ago. "The new tooth is 50,000 years older than the others -- this is really interesting, it shows us these guys were around for a long time," Bence Viola, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto's Department of Anthropology, told FoxNews.com.
The finger bone and the earlier tooth were from individuals that lived within a timespan of about 1,000 years each other, according to Viola.
The anthropologist, who worked on the research with experts from the Max Planck Institute in Germany, described Denisovans as our "long-lost cousins" who lived at the same time as both humans and Neanderthals.
"We know that they interbred with Neanderthals and modern humans," he said, noting small amounts of Denisovan DNA in modern-day Melanesians who inhabit a number of Pacific Ocean islands. "At some point the ancestors of present-day Melanesians met Denisovans -- we think that the Denisovans were widespread across all of Asia."
The anthropologist also noted a key difference in Denisovans' appearance compared to humans. "Based on the tooth, they had very large teeth," he said. "[The tooth] is wide and long -- it's about double the surface of a modern human tooth."
Both teeth discovered were upper molars.
Experts are also intrigued by the genetic makeup of the Denisovans. "These Denisovans who were all found have twice as much genetic diversity as Neanderthals and close to as much genetic diversity as we see in modern humans, which is pretty surprising," Viola said.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: denisovans; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble
Prehistoric tooth excavated from the Denisova cave in Siberia's Altai Mountains in 2010 (Dr. Bence Viola, Max-Planck-Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology)
Denisova Cave, entrance (Bence Viola, Max-Planck-Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology )
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posted on
11/18/2015 7:11:37 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
11/18/2015 7:13:21 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
the rest of the denisovans keyword:
- DNA from Neandertal relative may shake up human family tree [2015]
- Stone bracelet is oldest ever found in the world [Denisovan, 40K ago] [2015]
- Fossil Found In Asia Could Be A New Species Of Human [2015]
- The Case of the Missing Ancestor: DNA from Russia adds a mysterious new member to the human family [2014]
- Tibetans get high-altitude edge from extinct Denisovans' genes [2014]
- Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins [2013]
- Ancient Humans Had Sex With A Mystery Species (Not Neanderthals Or Denisovans) [2013]
- At 400,000 Years, Oldest Human DNA Yet Found Raises New Mysteries [2013]
- Ancient Humans Crossed Ocean Barrier? [2013]
- Ancient Siberians may have rarely hunted mammoths [2013]
- Modern Y-Chromosome Variation Surpasses Archaic Humans (article) [2013]
- Researchers Publish Improved Neanderthal Genome [2013]
- DNA Unveils Enigmatic Denisovans [2012]
- How our DNA differs from that of Denisovans, our extinct cousins [2012]
- Mysterious Chinese Fossils May Be New Human Species [2012]
- Modern Humans Interbred with Archaic Humans in East Asia, Study Says [2011]
- Many roads lead to Asia (Denisovans, migrations, etc.) [2011]
- Neanderthal sex boosted immunity in modern humans [2011]
- Stone Age toe could redraw human family tree [2011]
- Mating with Neanderthals Good for Human Health [2011]
- Scientists say new human relative roamed widely in Asia [2010]
- Genome of extinct Siberian cave-dweller linked to modern-day humans [2010]
- Ancient humans, dubbed 'Denisovans', interbred with us [2010]
- DNA says new human relative roamed widely in Asia [2010]
- Is the Mysterious Siberian "X-Woman" a New Hominid Species? [2010]
- Gene research reveals fourth human species [2010]
- Possible new human ancestor found in SiberiaPossible new human ancestor found in Siberia [2010]
- DNA identifies new ancient human dubbed 'X-woman' [2010]
- New ancestor? Scientists ponder DNA from Siberia [2010]
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posted on
11/18/2015 7:20:33 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
âWe know that they interbred with Neanderthals and modern humans,â he said, noting small amounts of Denisovan DNA in modern-day Melanesians who inhabit a number of Pacific Ocean islands. âAt some point the ancestors of present-day Melanesians met Denisovans â we think that the Denisovans were widespread across all of Asia.âFor what it's worth, the Melanesians are the dark/Black Pacific Islanders.
The Tibetans are reported to have inherited a 'high-altitude' gene from the Denisovians. Scientists are intrigued as to why the Denisovians would have a 'high-altitude' gene to begin with.
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posted on
11/18/2015 7:36:53 AM PST
by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
To: SunkenCiv
"We know that they interbred with Neanderthals and modern humans," he said, noting small amounts of Denisovan DNA in modern-day Melanesians who inhabit a number of Pacific Ocean islands. "At some point the ancestors of present-day Melanesians met Denisovans -- we think that the Denisovans were widespread across all of Asia."
To: SunkenCiv; betty boop; Alamo-Girl; marron; trisham; xzins; YHAOS; hosepipe; metmom
Folks, I don't know where information like this fits into our discussion of Adam and Eve. But, I
do know that it would be dishonest of us (and dishonoring of God and his Creation) to
ignore it in favor of saying that our particular interpretation of Genesis makes such evidence in the Creation record a lie.
When the evidence God left of his Creation and our interpretations of Scripture clash, it is we who are under the burden of examining our interpretations of Scripture -- AND of the scientific record -- to resolve the disparity.
Or, are some of us ready to call God a liar, because he left such evidence for us to find?
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posted on
11/18/2015 8:22:27 AM PST
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
To: blam
For what it’s worth, the Melanesians are the dark/Black Pacific Islanders.
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Was this a different group than the original aborigines. you can google melanesian pictures and aboriginal people and they do look different. they’re both dark skinned but the melanesians look more like africans
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posted on
11/18/2015 9:04:17 AM PST
by
ckilmer
(q)
To: TXnMA; blam; martin_fierro; ckilmer
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posted on
11/18/2015 9:20:48 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: blam
When I look at the genetic distribution of people across the world I am puzzled.
Take R1b: Europe, Central Africa, North Eastern America, Anatola, East Asia, and others, makes no sense.
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posted on
11/18/2015 2:02:17 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(EVICT Queen Jean)
To: ckilmer
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posted on
11/18/2015 3:04:47 PM PST
by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
To: Little Bill
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posted on
11/18/2015 3:07:03 PM PST
by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
To: blam
Don't explain this. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/World_Map_of_Y-DNA_Haplogroups.png
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posted on
11/18/2015 3:32:27 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(EVICT Queen Jean)
To: Little Bill
Read the book,
Origins Of The British , it will answer every question you have about R1b.
(And, much, much more)
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posted on
11/18/2015 3:59:48 PM PST
by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
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