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The proteome of Middle Pleistocene Xujiayao and common Denisovan morphology
Song Xing, Zhongyou Wu, Qingfeng Shao et al., 2026. Nature.
18 endogenous proteins from two Xujiayao bone specimens (Nihewan Basin, about 199-138 ka) carry the Denisovan-specific COL1A2-996K variant. Morphological comparison then finds a shared suite of traits in Xujiayao, Harbin, Jinniushan, Dali and Hualongdong (low cranial profile with near-parallel walls, massive brow, flat zygomaxillary region, weak prognathism) and assigns them all to the Denisovan lineage. Data in PRIDE PXD063518.
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The October 2026 result; it joins the two candidate taxa (H. longi and H. juluensis) in one lineage.
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Xing, S., Wu, Z., Shao, Q., Ge, J., Bennett, E. A., Rao, H., Lin, S., Zhao, Y., & Fu, Q. (2026). The proteome of Middle Pleistocene Xujiayao and common Denisovan morphology. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11132-z
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Xing, Song et al.. “The proteome of Middle Pleistocene Xujiayao and common Denisovan morphology.” Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11132-z.