What are the implications of the findings of the Sima de los Huesos denisovan dna in a morphological neanderthal? As morphological classifications yield to dna analysis: Do we have more insight into the morphology of the denisovans? Do we need to rethink every fossil previously identified as neanderthal?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131204-human-fossil-dna-spain-denisovan-cave/ yes, it would be a good idea to do a dna analysis where feasible on the neanderthal bones. it goes to show that people weren't too concerned about 'race' when they mated back then.
jeez the picture of a skeleton in your linked is a picture of a Homo heidelbergensis skeleton. some days, i think the national geographic editors tend to nap too often during working hours. ............. I think that this: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! is a picture of the femur from which the denisovan mtdna was extracted. I would really like to see the skeleton(including skull---including molars) to which this femur belonged.
curiouser and curiouser In central and south america, there are populations with high percentage of denisovan dna. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Roughly the same locations also show a high percentage of neanderthal dna. Back to the SH cave fossils. Thought to be the remains of heidelbergensis, or early neanderthalensis, the bones and skulls may yet be a watershed of knowledge of ancestral populations