Denisovans

Prehistoric Scratchpad PhBP Po10BP

A species of humans in Asia that interbred with modern humans.

Denisovans Web Pages

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisovan

Classification

• Order Primates (Primates) - Mammals with long arms.
  • Family Homonidae (Homonids)
    • Genus Homo (Homo) - The human genus.
      • Species Heidelbergensis (Heidelberg Man) -- Thought to be the direct predecessor to modern humans.
      • Species Neanderthal (Neanderthals) - The closest known extinct species to humans.
      • Species Sapiens (Modern Humans) - Anatomically modern humans.
      • Species Denisovans (Denisovans) - A species of humans in Asia that interbred with modern humans.

Denisovans In the News

Neanderthal Genome Shows Early Human Interbreeding, Inbreeding (2013)

First high quality of Neanderthal genome created (from a 50 TYO Neanderthal woman's toe in Denisova Cave), allowing for comparison between modern humans and Denisovans.

See also Neanderthals, Denisova Cave, Modern Humans, Denisovans, Neanderthal-Denisovan Divergence, Neanderthal-Denisovan Common Ancestor - Modern Human Divergence, Neanderthal - Cro-Magnon Contact, Neanderthal-Denisovan Interbreeding

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218133658.htm

World Map of Neanderthal and Denisovan Ancestry in Modern Humans (2016)

Study creates map of Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry. Denisovan interbreeding thought to occur 100 generations after Neanderthal.

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160328133514.htm

Ancient Denisvan DNA excavated in modern Pacific Islanders

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160317150805.htm

400,000 Year Old Fossils from Spain Provide Earliest Genetic Evidence of Neanderthals (2016)

Fossils of uncertain ancestry found to be early Neanderthal

See also Neanderthals, Denisovans, Sima de los Huesos

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160315120946.htm