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Natural PlacesSite Name: Denisova Alternative Name: Ayu-Tash (Bear Rock), Денисова пещераCountry: Russia
NOTE: This site is 25.155 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Barnaul Nearest Village: Chorny Anui
Latitude: 51.398000N Longitude: 84.676000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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In the sediments are also the remains of over a hundred different animals species from cave lions to small birds, and pollen traces, giving an idea of the resources these ancient humans could utilize.
In March 2010, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology published a study showing that DNA sequencing of human bone fragments reveal a possible new human ancestor, dubbed Denisova hominin.
See this link for the Megalithic Portal's first reference to the published evidence. Similar, more recent articles, appear below in the comments.
Note: Denisova Cave Yields a 50,000-Year-Old Needle. Diabetes risk gene 'from Neanderthals'. See comments.
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