# Chen 2019: A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau

> Fahu Chen, Frido Welker, Chuan-Chou Shen et al., 2019. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first fossil tying Denisovan molecules to anatomy.

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# A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau

Fahu Chen, Frido Welker, Chuan-Chou Shen et al., 2019. _Nature 569: 409-412_.

A mandible from Baishiya Karst Cave, Xiahe, Gansu, identified as Denisovan by ancient proteins and dated to at least 160,000 years by U-series on adhering carbonate: the first Denisovan outside the Altai and the first jaw.

**Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium** ArticleCopy of **[Xiahe mandible](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/artifacts/ART0CZKZNEG1S75/xiahe-mandible)** doi: **[10.1038/s41586-019-1139-x](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1139-x)** Checked against the original0

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The first fossil tying Denisovan molecules to anatomy.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Xiahe mandible](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/artifacts/ART0CZKZNEG1S75/xiahe-mandible)

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[Xiahe mandible: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZPNJ74NQ/xiahe-mandible-document)

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[The Xiahe mandible is identified as Denisovan by proteins](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/events/EVT0CZKZ8R86NHZ/the-xiahe-mandible-is-identified-as-denisovan-by-proteins)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Chen, F., Welker, F., Shen, C. C., Bailey, S. E., Bergmann, I., Davis, S., Xia, H., & Wang, H. (2019). A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau. Nature 569: 409-412. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1139-x
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