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A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan

Takumi Tsutaya, Rikai Sawafuji, Alberto J. Taurozzi et al., 2025. Science 388(6743): 176-180.

Penghu 1, a robust mandible dredged from the Penghu Channel off Taiwan (10-70 ka or 130-190 ka), identified as a male Denisovan from 4,241 amino acid residues with two Denisovan-specific variants.

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Extends the molecular record to a warm, humid region; PRIDE PXD054412.

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Tsutaya, T., Sawafuji, R., Taurozzi, A. J., Fagernäs, Z., Patramanis, I., Troché, G., Mackie, M., & Gakuhari, T. (2025). A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan. Science 388(6743): 176-180. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads3888
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