# Denisovans were a single, relatively recent population that spread across Asia in the late Middle Pleistocene.

> Disputed: Denisovans were a single, relatively recent population that spread across Asia in the late Middle Pleistocene.

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# Denisovans were a single, relatively recent population that spread across Asia in the late Middle Pleistocene.

Denisovans were a single, relatively recent population that spread across Asia in the late Middle Pleistocene.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- All Denisovan genomes and introgressed segments coalesce recently.

## What would rule it out

- Deeply divergent Denisovan ancestry components.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[Introgressed Denisovan ancestry in living people comes from distinct, deeply diverged sources.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/evidence/EVD0CZKZJGR74ZN/introgressed-denisovan-ancestry-in-living-people-comes-from)

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## The questions it answers

[How deep are the roots of the Denisovan lineage, and how many distinct Denisovan populations were there?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/questions/QST0CZKZBE620N5/how-deep-are-the-roots-of-the-denisovan-lineage-and-how-many)

Most likelyThe lineage goes back about a million years and comprised several deeply diverged regional populations,…

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