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Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China
Huiyun Rao, Song Xing, Qijun Ruan et al., 2026. Nature.
Screening of more than 60,000 bone fragments from Bianfu Cave, Yunnan, finds two parietal fragments and a proximal radius from layers of about 167-134 ka; with two teeth, all five hominin specimens are Denisovan by proteomics. The richest Denisovan site outside Denisova Cave and the first Denisovan radius. PRIDE PXD073112.
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Fills the southwestern gap and adds postcranial anatomy.
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Rao, H., Xing, S., Ruan, Q., Bai, F., Zhao, Y., Wu, Z., Tang, S., & Bennett, E. A. (2026). Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10976-9
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Rao, Huiyun et al.. “Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China.” Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10976-9.