Denisova cave Richard (Bert) Roberts
ALMOST a decade ago, researchers sequenced DNA from an ancient bone fragment to reveal that it belonged to a woman from an entirely new group of humans. After years of waiting, we are now getting our first glimpse of the only confirmed home of the Denisovans.
Named after the Denisova cave in Siberia, where the ancient bone was found, these humans lived in Stone Age Eurasia alongside our species and the Neanderthals. Although we have discovered more about these people since the bone was discovered (see “Who lived …
Article amended on 6 February 2019
We inserted a diagram of the cave
