SCOUT· 69%23m·2026-09-10·ScienceNew Discovery Reveals the Secret Lives of Denisovans
Episode 397 The first evidence has been discovered that Denisovans lived in south-west China. This ancient species of human spent over 100,000 years in the region and left behind incredible artefacts that tell us how they lived. 64,000 fragments of bone have been discovered from Bianfu Cave in Yunnan province. And the…
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“@2:47 "a few of them have started meandering out" ...so more like Meanderthals then.”
“The more we learn about Denisovans, the less they feel like some mysterious side branch and the more they feel like a huge missing chapter of our own story.”
“Ten years ago the kid and I spent a week fitting in as many caves in the Dordogne as humanly possible. We stayed in a B&B literally across the railway line from the Cro Magnon site. Unforgettable!”
“With all of the mountainous regions that remain in Western China, and given the fact that there are cold regions ( because of the altitude) , perhaps a cave will still be discovered that might provide samples of Denisovan DNA. We shall see!”
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