Denisovan
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The Denisovans or Denisova hominins are an extinct species or subspecies of archaic human that ranged across Asia during the Middle to Late Pleistocene, approximately 200,000–32,000 years ago. Most of
Homo longi holotype
The Denisova Cave, where the first reported Denisovans were found
Replica of part of the phalanx.
Replica of the molar of Denisova. Part of the roots was destroyed to study the mtDNA. Their size and shape indicate it is neither neanderthal nor sapiens.
Neanderthal
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Neanderthals are an extinct group of archaic humans who inhabited Europe and Western and Central Asia during the Middle to Late Pleistocene. Neanderthal extinction occurred roughly 40,000 years ago wi
Denisovan
…from a juvenile finger bone excavated from the Siberian Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains in 2008. Nuclear DNA indicates close affinities with Neanderthals. The cave was also periodically inhabited by Neanderthals. Additional specimens from Denisova Cave were subsequently identified, as were specimens from…
Neanderthal at AMNH
Skullcap of Neanderthal 1, the type specimen, at the Musée de l'Homme, Paris
The site of Kleine Feldhofer Grotte where Neanderthal 1 was discovered
William K. Gregory's The Family Tree of Man exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, 1924 1) Notharctus 2) Propliopithecus 3) Dryopithecus 4) Java Man 5) Piltdown Man 6) Heidelberg Man 7) Neanderthal Man 8) Cro-Magnon Man 9) Australian Black-fellow (pejorative term for Aboriginal Australians) 10) Hottentot (pejorative term for the Southern African Khoisan) 11) Chinese 12) American Caucasian