In 2012, a small bone fragment turned up in Denisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains. A 2018 DNA analysis identified it as Denny, a female with a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father—the first directly documented offspring of that pair. The tiny fragment yielded DNA but little useful anatomical information. Denisovans were first recognized genetically through cave fossils; their name comes from Denisova Cave. ⛏️🧬
2018 DNA analysis identifies first Neanderthal-Denisovan offspring
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📍 Denisova Cave
Key facts
- The bone fragment known as Denny, or Denisova 11, was discovered in 2012; its genome was published in 2018.
- DNA showed that Denny was female and had a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father, making her the first directly documented offspring of that pair.
- Denny is known from a single small bone fragment that provided genetic information but little useful anatomical information.
- Denisovans were first recognized as a distinct group through DNA from Denisova Cave fossils; numerous identifiable fossils have since been attributed to them.
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Denisovanen.wikipedia.org
... as 17% of the Denisovan genome from Denisova Cave represents DNA from the local Neanderthal population. Denisova 11 was an F1 (first generation) Denisovan ...
Denny (hybrid hominin)en.wikipedia.org
Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains, Siberia, Russia. Date discovered, 2012 ... Denisova 11's genome thus constitutes the first direct evidence for at ...
A HIGH COVERAGE GENOME SEQUENCE FROM AN ... - PMCpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
by M Meyer · 2012 · Cited by 2593 — The draft nuclear genome sequence retrieved from the Denisovan phalanx revealed that Denisovans are a sister group to Neandertals (2), with the Denisovan ...
Denisova Cave | School of Archaeology - University of Oxfordarch.ox.ac.uk
Denisova cave first came to worldwide attention in 2010, with the publication of the genome obtained from the fingerbone of a girl belonging to a group of ...
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