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The newfound tooth hails from Laos’s Cobra Cave—thousands of miles south of the only other known Denisovan fossils

—known as the Xiahe mandible—in Baishiya Cave, on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau.

The Laotian tooth’s lack of roots or surface wear suggests that it belonged to a child who died before their adult teeth had fully formed, likely between 3.5 and 8.5 years of age. The molar probably washed into the cave alongside remains from other large animals, including ancient rhinos, pigs, macaques, and bovids. Based in part on the age of these animal remains, the molar is most likely between 131,000 and 164,000 years old.

And by minimizing the amount of sample they took from the tooth, the study team has left the door open for future research that’s yet to be imagined. “People who are working on this field in 30, 40, 50 years with totally new technologies are going to appreciate that," says National Geographic Explorer

 

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I bet National Geographic will claim its a monkey hybrid .... Myths already debunked ...

To me this is a side show The main show is still with homo sapiens

That would be near Portarlington then, or was it found on the Stradbally side?

I bet if you compared it to the genes of todays Republican, you’d find evolution for them simply stopped all that time ago.

Let's quickly forget the fact I read 'The newfound footh nails'

The “Missing Link”?!!!👍😎🇺🇸🇺🇸

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in pretty good shape, considering there were no dentist, or fillings available then

Charles Darwin came across a bone and claimed it's from his brother

If this Denisovan died around 131k-164k years ago, then it happened at the time Sumatra, Java, & Borneo were connected to Asia. Now, did the species go farther south? Those 3 islands could hold clues. Or maybe it also reached the Philippines where Denisovan DNA is the highest.

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