Denisovans survived for 160,000 years in one of the harshest places on Earth
A bone from the Baishiya Karst cave in Tibet suggests that Denisovans lived there about 40,000 years ago, long after modern humans had spread across much of Asia. Combined with earlier evidence of their presence in the area 190,000 years ago, the find reveals an extraordinary persistence in the face of exceptionally difficult circumstances. It … Read more