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146,000-Year-Old Skull Sheds Light on Mysterious Denisovan Humans
A major breakthrough has brought scientists closer to solving a long-standing mystery about the Denisovans — an extinct group of ancient humans closely related to modern humans and Neanderthals. A remarkably well-preserved 146,000-year-old skull discovered in Harbin, northeastern China, is now believed to represent one of the clearest examples of a Denisovan fossil ever found.…