Ancient DNA Reveals The REAL Origin of Denisovans — From Siberia to a Chinese Skull

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Ancient DNA Reveals The REAL Origin of Denisovans — From Siberia to a Chinese Skull

For over a century, scientists believed our ancient world was home to just two human kinds until a twelve-millimeter finger bone from a Siberian cave exposed a lost branch of humanity.

This DNA rewrote human origins, linking a Tibetan jawbone found on a high plateau to a species still shaping modern genes.

What else have we missed about the Denisovans, and how far did their legacy really reach?

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SOURCES:

Original Denisovan Discovery:
Krause, J. et al. (2010). "The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia." Nature, 464, 894–897.
https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...
Reich, D. et al. (2010). "Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia." Nature, 468, 1053–1060.
https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...

Xiahe Mandible Discovery:
Chen, F. et al. (2019). "A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau." Nature, 569, 409–412.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...

Dragon Man / Harbin Cranium:
Ji, Q. et al. (2021). "Late Middle Pleistocene Harbin cranium represents a new Homo species." The Innovation, 2(3), 100132.
https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/f...

June 2025 Denisovan Confirmation:
Welker, F. et al. (2025). "Proteomic and mitochondrial DNA analysis confirms Harbin cranium as Denisovan." Nature.

Denisovan-Neanderthal Hybrid:
Slon, V. et al. (2018). "The genome of the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father." Nature, 561, 113–116.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...

Denisovan Sediment DNA:
Zhang, D. et al. (2020). "Denisovan DNA in Late Pleistocene sediments from Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau." Science, 370(6516), 584–587.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...

High-Altitude Adaptation Gene:
Huerta-Sánchez, E. et al. (2014). "Altitude adaptation in Tibetans caused by introgression of Denisovan-like DNA." Nature, 512, 194–197.
https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...