A Denisovan girl’s fossil tooth may have been unearthed in Laos

A molar adds to suspicions that the mysterious hominids inhabited Southeast Asia's forests

a fossil tooth that may have belonged to a Denisovan girl, shown from multiple angles

A newly discovered fossil tooth (shown from multiple angles) from Southeast Asia probably belonged to a Denisovan girl who lived between 164,000 and 131,000 years ago, scientists say.

F. Demeter et al/Nature Communications 2022

A molar tooth from Southeast Asia probably belonged to a member of a cryptic group of Stone Age hominids called Denisovans, researchers say.