A research team led by Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology scientists has generated the high-quality genome assembly of a Denisovan using DNA from an ancient molar found at Denisova Cave. It belonged to a man who lived roughly 200,000 years ago — more than twice as long ago as the only previously sequenced Denisovan individual. The new genome is forcing the researchers to rethink when and where early human groups met, mingled...
