The Denisovans, now extinct, were a species or subspecies of archaic humans during the Lower and Middle Paleolithic periods. Hebrew University research scientist Liran Carmel and his colleague David Gokhman (among others on the team) have, for the first time, given the world an idea of the Denosivans’ probable appearance. They used genetic data from a few tiny bone fragments to produce the reconstruction.
Quote: “Studying Denisovan anatomy can teach us about human adaptation, evolutionary constraints, development, gene-environment interactions, and disease dynamics. At a more general level, this work is a step towards being able to infer an individual’s anatomy based on their DNA.”
— Prof. Liran Carmel
Sources: Wikipedia, Eurekalert.org
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Watch “Who Were The Denisovan Humans?” [14:48]. >>
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