# Xiahe mandible

> Right half of a lower jaw with two molars, found in Baishiya Karst Cave and given to the Sixth Gung-Thang Living Buddha, who passed it to scientists at…

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**ART** 0CZKZNEG1S75·Artifact · object

# Xiahe mandible

PhotographCC BY-SA 4.0Found by a monk in 1980; at least 160 ka (U-series on carbonate)

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[![Xiahe mandible: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/denisovan-identity-a-xiahe-m1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/denisovan-identity-a-xiahe-m1?w=2000)

Xiahe mandible: photograph

Right half of a lower jaw with two molars, found in Baishiya Karst Cave and given to the Sixth Gung-Thang Living Buddha, who passed it to scientists at Lanzhou University. The first Denisovan fossil found outside Denisova Cave.

Dongju Zhang, 1980. CC BY-SA 4.0

## Copies 2

**Document** Chen et al. · doi.org · 2019-05-01 · publisherPrimary source: [A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZKYZFC0K5C/a-late-middle-pleistocene-denisovan-mandible-from-the)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1139-x)

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

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

## Where it was made

[Baishiya Karst Cave, Xiahe, Gansu](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZKZ5JP3RSB/baishiya-karst-cave-xiahe-gansu) · Cave

## Sources 1

- [A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZKYZFC0K5C/a-late-middle-pleistocene-denisovan-mandible-from-the)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Xiahe mandible [Artifact ART0CZKZNEG1S75]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CZKZNEG1S75
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**ART** 0CZKZNEG1S75

Kind

Object

Held by

Lanzhou University (to confirm current custody)

Dated

found by a monk in 1980; at least 160 ka (U-series on carbonate)

Licence

CC BY-SA 4.0

Place

[Baishiya Karst Cave, Xiahe, Gansu](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZKZ5JP3RSB/baishiya-karst-cave-xiahe-gansu)

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

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