I've always been very interested in early homo species such as the ones mentioned above, are there any books that have been released relatively recently that delve into these species? I've read Sapiens by Yuval Harari, are there any others?
Denisovans are the first group of archaic humans to have been discovered based on their DNA alone.
Up until 2010 we had no knowledge of this species or subspecies of humans, but as time goes by, technology advances & more research is being done we will learn more about them which I find very exciting!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82VH1ZW3Guc
We have precious few Denisovan remains, but now scientists have found a handful of never-before-seen Denisovan bones. They're about 200,000 years old, making them the oldest known Denisovan bones on record.
https://www.livescience.com/oldest-denisovan-fossils-in-siberian-cave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisovan
How have they gone from 30k to 14.5k? The claim isn't sourced fwiw.
They only found the skull of Dragon Man and a finger bone belonging to a Denisovan so how can researchers know for sure that they are two different species?
Also, side question: did Homo floriensis (โHobbitsโ) exist at the same time as Neanderthals and Denisovans?
Is there a term for extinct species like the Denisovans that have had their whole genome sequenced from ancient DNA but are only represented by a few bone fragments, not a full or even partial skeletal reconstruction?
And are there any other species that would fall into this category? Where we have reconstructed their genome but not their anatomical profile and we still don't really know what they looked like?
Thanks!
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45271644
Why won't denisovan and neanderthal continue to exist like modern humans? They seem to have pretty chance to keep their race alive like modern humans.
Is there a term for extinct species like the Denisovans that have had their whole genome sequenced from ancient DNA but are only represented by a few bone fragments, not a full or even partial skeletal reconstruction?
And are there any other species that would fall into this category? Where we have reconstructed their genome but not their anatomical profile and we still don't really know what they looked like?
Thanks!
Is there a term for extinct species like the Denisovans that have had their whole genome sequenced from ancient DNA but are only represented by a few bone fragments, not a full or even partial skeletal reconstruction?
And are there any other species that would fall into this category? Where we have reconstructed their genome but not their bodies, and we still don't really know what they looked like?
Thanks!
Denisovans are the first group of archaic humans to have been discovered based on their DNA alone.
Up until 2010 we had no knowledge of this species or subspecies of humans, but as time goes by, technology advances & more research is being done we will learn more about them which I find very exciting!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82VH1ZW3Guc
Is there a term for extinct species like the Denisovans that have had their whole genome sequenced from ancient DNA but are only represented by a few bone fragments, not a full or even partial skeletal reconstruction?
And are there any other species that would fall into this category? Where we have reconstructed their genome but not their bodies, and we still don't really know what they looked like?
Thanks!
