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Prehistoric tooth reveals surprising details about long-lost human 'cousins'
Fox News ^ | 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 )
Denisova Cave, entrance (Bence Viola, Max-Planck-Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology )

Denisova Cave, entrance (Bence Viola, Max-Planck-Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology )

1 posted on 11/18/2015 7:11:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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KEYWORDS: denisovans; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals

2 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.)
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the rest of the denisovans keyword:
3 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.)
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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.”

For 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.

4 posted on 11/18/2015 7:36:53 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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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."


5 posted on 11/18/2015 7:58:35 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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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?

6 posted on 11/18/2015 8:22:27 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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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


7 posted on 11/18/2015 9:04:17 AM PST by ckilmer (q)
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8 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.)
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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.

9 posted on 11/18/2015 2:02:17 PM PST by Little Bill (EVICT Queen Jean)
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To: ckilmer
The Black Pacific Islanders Of Melanesia

Lots of blonde hair.

10 posted on 11/18/2015 3:04:47 PM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: Little Bill
Journey Of Mankind
11 posted on 11/18/2015 3:07:03 PM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: blam
Don't explain this. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/World_Map_of_Y-DNA_Haplogroups.png
12 posted on 11/18/2015 3:32:27 PM PST by Little Bill (EVICT Queen Jean)
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To: Little Bill
Read the book, Origins Of The British , it will answer every question you have about R1b.
(And, much, much more)
13 posted on 11/18/2015 3:59:48 PM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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