Scientists have discovered that an ancient jawbone found in Taiwan belonged to Denisovans ... The presence of marine invertebrates on the fossil suggests it dates back to the Pleistocene era.

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

Scientists have identified an ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan ... Based on the composition of marine invertebrates found attached to it, the fossil was dated to the Pleistocene era.

The fossil, called Penghu 1, is one of the few known pieces of physical evidence from the Denisovans, extinct relatives of ...

Why Trust Us? A jawbone fossil from a previously ... The finger bone and molar from Siberia are both female—but no jawbone was ever found. The age of Penghu 1 remains unknown, except that ...

A jawbone found on the ocean floor near Taiwan provides evidence that the Denisovans — a poorly understood ancestor to modern humans — occupied southeast Asia 100,000 years ago. DNA extracted and ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged ... Based on the composition of marine invertebrates found attached to it, the fossil was dated to the Pleistocene era. But exactly which species ...

(AP) - An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged ... Based on the composition of marine invertebrates found attached to it, the fossil was dated to the Pleistocene era.