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Scientists have gained more insight into an extinct species of archaic humans after confirmation that the oldest human fossil in Taiwan is the remains of a Denisovan.
Analysis of proteins extracted from a hominin mandible found in the Penghu Channel in 2015 dated to 10,000 to 70,000 years ago or 130,000 to 190,000 years ago showed that the bone belonged to a male Denisovan, said a study — titled “A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan” — published in the international journal Science on Thursday.
The lower jawbone, from an individual named Penghu 1, is the first piece of fossil evidence that Denisovans were as widespread as genetic evidence had showed, the authors said.
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