A jawbone shows Denisovans lived on the Tibetan Plateau long before humans
All previously known fossils from the mysterious hominids come from a Siberian cave
HIGH BONE A partial jawbone found in a Tibetan Plateau cave comes from a Denisovan, suggesting that these hominids were the first to conquer especially high altitudes 160,000 years ago or more, researchers say.
Dongju Zhang/Lanzhou University
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