sediment DNA reveals a 300,000-year timeline of ancient and modern humans living in Siberia
- Written by: Elena Zavala, PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Collection of sediment DNA samples in the Main Chamber of Denisova Cave.Bert Roberts, Author providedIn the foothills of the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia lies Denisova Cave. It is the only site in the world known to have been inhabited by the eponymous Denisovans and their close relatives the Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) —...