# The East Asian crania are regional archaic H. sapiens or H. heidelbergensis, and Denisovans remain without a…

> Disputed: The East Asian crania are regional archaic H. sapiens or H. heidelbergensis, and Denisovans remain without a known skull.

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Answer · Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium

# The East Asian crania are regional archaic H. sapiens or H. heidelbergensis, and Denisovans remain without a…

The East Asian crania are regional archaic H. sapiens or H. heidelbergensis, and Denisovans remain without a known skull.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Molecular data from the crania group with H. sapiens or show no Denisovan variants.

## What would rule it out

- Denisovan variants in a cranium.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The Harbin cranium carries Denisovan variants in proteins and mtDNA.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/evidence/EVD0CZKZDMG63DX/the-harbin-cranium-carries-denisovan-variants-in-proteins)

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AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Which fossils are Denisovans, and so what did Denisovans look like?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/questions/QST0CZKZAPR2WHJ/which-fossils-are-denisovans-and-so-what-did-denisovans-look)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The East Asian crania are regional archaic H. sapiens or H. heidelbergensis, and Denisovans remain without a… [Answer ANS0CZKZDCP1D2G]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CZKZDCP1D2G
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