Post by spunky on Feb 3, 2019 17:25:30 GMT
Denisova Cave lies in a valley in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia. Excavations began there 40 years ago, focusing on layers of material from the Middle Palaeolithic period (about 340,000 to 45,000 years ago) and the Initial Upper Palaeolithic (which is defined by the identification of types of stone tool, and often by the presence of items such as ornaments, and which corresponds to 45,000 to 40,000 years ago at this site). The excavations have provided many key insights into the lives of hominins belonging to branches of the evolutionary tree close to that of our own species, Homo sapiens. Douka et al.1 and Jacobs et al.2 now report their use of the latest dating techniques, which lead to a revised timeline of hominin-associated material in this cave.
Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00264-0
Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00264-0
