# Xia 2024: Middle and Late Pleistocene Denisovan subsistence at Baishiya Karst Cave

> Huan Xia, Dongju Zhang, Jian Wang et al., 2024. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A second molecularly identified Denisovan from Tibet.

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# Middle and Late Pleistocene Denisovan subsistence at Baishiya Karst Cave

Huan Xia, Dongju Zhang, Jian Wang et al., 2024. _Nature 632: 108-113_.

Zooarchaeology and proteomic screening of bone fragments from Baishiya, identifying a second Denisovan specimen (a rib) and describing the animals Denisovans hunted on the plateau.

**Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium** Articledoi: **[10.1038/s41586-024-07612-9](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07612-9)** Checked against the original0

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Xia, H., Zhang, D., Wang, J., Fagernäs, Z., Li, T., Li, Y., Yao, J., & Lin, D. (2024). Middle and Late Pleistocene Denisovan subsistence at Baishiya Karst Cave. Nature 632: 108-113. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07612-9
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