Discovery of an unknown group of humans!
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Researchers on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia examined the skeletal remains of a young woman who lived on the island more than 7,000 years ago and passed away there.
According to the findings of this recent research, she is a member of a human subspecies that was previously unknown to scientific research.
Who were the Denisovans?
The Denisovans are an extinct group of ancient humans whose remains have been found in Siberia and Tibet.
Important Details
- This ancient teen was between the ages of 17 and 18.
- She was part of a culture called the Toalean culture.
- Moreover, the study has found that she was related to the first modern humans to spread to Oceania from Eurasia some 50,000 years ago.
- This island region between Asia and Australia, where the bones were found, is known as ‘Wallacea’.
- This is the first time that ancient human DNA has been found here.
- Tools and cave paintings have suggested that humans were living on these islands 47,000 years ago.
- But the fossil record is very limited and the hot and humid climate does not preserve any ancient DNA.
- Moreover, this ancient teen also had some Denisovan DNA.
- This finding indicates that Denisovans occupied a far larger area than we thought earlier.
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