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Major discovery suggests Denisovans lived in Tibet 160,000 years ago

The first Denisovan remains discovered outside Siberia suggest our extinct cousins lived at extreme altitude in Tibet long before our species made it there

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Denisova cave

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Siberian cave reveals secrets of its mysterious Denisovan inhabitants

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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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A large haul of ancient tools from China

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Complex stone tools in China may re-write our species' ancient history

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genome artwork

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Traces of mystery ancient humans found lurking in our genomes

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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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DNA from another mystery human ancestor lingers in some people

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DNA from another mystery human ancestor lingers in some people

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Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

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Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

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Excavations in the Denisova cave

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Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans

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Ancient human skulls

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We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago

Analysis of DNA from a fossilised Neanderthal bone suggests modern human ancestors entered Europe and interbred with locals more than 219,000 years ago

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Meet our hybrid ancestors who kept extinct humans' DNA alive

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Oldest ever human genome sequence may rewrite human history

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Humans adapted to Arctic life 10,000 years earlier than thought

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Tool find hints Java Man and hobbit had early human neighbour

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