# Denisova 3 finger phalanx

> The tip of a girl's little finger. Its genome defined the Denisovans before any skeleton had a face; every later identification is measured against it.…

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**ART** 0CZKZN6P7KT4·Artifact · sample

# Denisova 3 finger phalanx

PhotographCC BY-SA 3.0Excavated 2008; sequenced 2010

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[![Denisova 3 finger phalanx: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/denisovan-identity-a-denisova3-m1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/denisovan-identity-a-denisova3-m1?w=2000)

Denisova 3 finger phalanx: photograph

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The tip of a girl's little finger. Its genome defined the Denisovans before any skeleton had a face; every later identification is measured against it. Holder to be confirmed from Krause et al. 2010 or the Denisova Cave project; the Commons photograph in media.yaml shows a museum replica.

Thilo Parg, 2008. CC BY-SA 3.0

## Copies 4

**Dataset** Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · cdna.eva.mpg.de · 2012 · open download; cite Meyer et al. 2012Primary source: [Denisova genome data (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZKZ43T6CS6/denisova-genome-data-max-planck-institute-for-evolutionary)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://cdna.eva.mpg.de/denisova/)

**Dataset** Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · ebi.ac.uk · 2012 · ENA public dataPrimary source: [Denisova genome data (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZKZ43T6CS6/denisova-genome-data-max-planck-institute-for-evolutionary)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB3092)

**Photograph** Thilo Parg · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denisova_Phalanx_distalis.jpg)

**Photograph** Bioanthropologist1 · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denisovans.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Denisova Cave, Altai Krai](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZKZ5AW3MV0/denisova-cave-altai-krai) · Cave

## Sources 1

- [The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZKYYG46T30/the-complete-mitochondrial-dna-genome-of-an-unknown-hominin)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Denisova 3 finger phalanx [Artifact ART0CZKZN6P7KT4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CZKZN6P7KT4
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Key

**ART** 0CZKZN6P7KT4

Kind

Sample

Held by

not confirmed; fragments were shared between Novosibirsk and MPI-EVA

Dated

excavated 2008; sequenced 2010

Licence

CC BY-SA 3.0

Place

[Denisova Cave, Altai Krai](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZKZ5AW3MV0/denisova-cave-altai-krai)

Part of

[Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity)

The record

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