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What the denisovan looked like
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What the denisovan looked like

So: researchers have identified skull fragments found in northern China in the 1970s as belonging to the mysterious Denisovans. A distinctive collagen protein helped distinguish the fossils from those of other ancient human groups. By comparing the fragments with other fossils and building a 3D model, the team suggests Denisovans had a sloping forehead, prominent brow ridges, deep-set rectangular eye sockets and a somewhat flat face. The find also hints that Denisovans lived across a wider area of eastern Asia than previously known, and that more fossils may still be waiting to be identified.
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