Posted on 08/23/2021 9:44:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The mysterious Denisovans were only formally identified about a decade ago, when a single finger bone unearthed from a cave in Siberia clued scientists in to the ancient existence of a kind of archaic hominin we'd never before seen.
But that's only one side of the story. The truth is, modern humans had in fact already encountered Denisovans a long time before this. We crossed paths with them an eternity ago.
So far back, in fact, that we forgot about them entirely. Especially as they – and other archaic humans, such as the Neanderthals – faded into the unliving past, and Homo sapiens assumed sole human dominion over the world.
But even that's kind of debatable.
All of these hominin varieties had a tendency to interbreed with one another when they co-existed, which is why, in a manner of speaking, ancient humans still live on in our modern human DNA.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...
“ Negritos sounds like a bag of snack food. ;^)”
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They’re crunchy and tangy!
TY so much for your “real clear” recommendations!
I took a look and bookmarked a few. They look very good!
I used to read real clear politics and did not realize there were related sites.
I stopped reading Real Clear Politics a long time ago because I thought they were too establishment in their pov. Not rabid leftists, but “conventional” in a misleading way, if that makes sense.
But these other sites look promising!
Nuthin says lovin’ like something Denisovan.................
Hmmmm. Chips made of blue corn and beet solids/juice? That would be about the right color...
Indeed.
But we like you for it...
Sort of like the Neanderthals. First found in Neander Valley then all over Europe.
It’s amazing how ironic your post is.
Seems many of our distant ancestors subscribed to the any port in a storm practice.
Thanks for the links. I have shovel shape characteristics on my lateral upper incisors. I have read this is a Neanderthal trait. Have they found more Denisovan bones and teeth. Do the Denisovans have the shovel teeth trait?
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