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Bookmark or Share- Denisova Cave - WikipediaDenisova Cave (Russian: Денисова пещера, romanized: Denísova peshchéra, lit. 'the cave of Denis') is a cave in the Bashelaksky Range of the Altai Mountains in Siberia, Russia. It is widely known for having provided items of great paleoarchaeological and paleontological interest.
- Denisova Cave - First Evidence of the Denisovan People - ThoughtCoDenisova Cave is a rockshelter in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. The cave, formed from Silurian sandstone, is ~28 meters above the right bank of the Anui River near its headwaters. It consists of several short galleries extending out from a central chamber, with a total cave area of some 270 sq. m.
- Denisova Cave - the only find of Denisovan humans - WondermondoDenisova Cave contains artefacts left by ancient hominins. Splinter of bone from here let identify new species of humans - Denisovan.
- Denisova Cave | Russia, Map, & Location | BritannicaDenisova Cave, site of paleoanthropological excavations in the Anui River valley roughly 60 miles south of Biysk in the Altai Mountains of Russia. The site contains more than 20 layers of excavated artifacts, indicating occupation by hominins as early as 280,000 years ago.
- The Denisovans: New Finds are Illuminating the Mysterious Ancient ...Nestled in foothills of Russia’s Altai Mountains, Denisova Cave has been a research mecca since 2010, when fossil DNA from the site revealed a previously unknown human lineage, now called the Denisovans.
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