Meet the first known child of a Neandertal and a Denisovan
Scientists analyzed DNA from a 50,000-year-old bone fragment from a Siberian cave
MIXED FAMILY This 50,000-year-old bone fragment (seen in multiple views) was excavated from Siberia’s Denisova Cave in 2012. The bone belonged to a teenage girl who was part Neandertal and part Denisovan.
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