From Whence We Came

imagined encounter between Denisovans and early modern humans  Jon Foster

Every discovery of ancient remains seems to make the story of our human beginnings more, not less, complicated. It also makes it that much more compelling. DNA analysis of 400,000-year-old bones found in Spain suggests that the individual was closely related not to the Neanderthals but to the Denisovans, a group whose existence we learned about only three years ago based on forensics from a bone in central Asia: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131204-human-fossil-dna-spain-denisovan-cave/?source=hp_dl1_news-oldest-dna_20131205
   Here is the fascinating story of the discovery of the Denisovans: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/125-missing-human-ancestor/shreeve-text