# Peyrégne 2025: A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan

> Stéphane Peyrégne, Diyendo Massilani, Yaniv Swiel et al., 2025. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The population structure of Denisovans and…

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# A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan

Stéphane Peyrégne, Diyendo Massilani, Yaniv Swiel et al., 2025. _bioRxiv_.

A second high-quality Denisovan genome, from a molar of a man who lived at Denisova Cave about 200,000 years ago. His group mixed with early Neanderthals and was replaced by later Denisovans; Denisovans also received gene flow from a deeper hominin lineage. Present-day people carry DNA from at least three Denisovan groups, and Oceanians and South Asians share a deeply diverged one.

**Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium** Preprintdoi: **[10.1101/2025.10.20.683404](https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.20.683404)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The population structure of Denisovans and their contributions to living people.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The lineage goes back about a million years and comprised several deeply diverged regional populations,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/answers/ANS0CZKZH9P2WR1/the-lineage-goes-back-about-a-million-years-and-comprised)

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[At least three Denisovan groups contributed to living people; Oceanians and South Asians share a deeply…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/evidence/EVD0CZKZHHG3V3D/at-least-three-denisovan-groups-contributed-to-living-people)

Evidence

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[A 200,000-year-old Denisovan genome is posted as a preprint](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/events/EVT0CZKZ9ZA32XX/a-200-000-year-old-denisovan-genome-is-posted-as-a-preprint)

EVT

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

The mystery article

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[How deep are the roots of the Denisovan lineage, and how many distinct Denisovan populations were there?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/questions/QST0CZKZBE620N5/how-deep-are-the-roots-of-the-denisovan-lineage-and-how-many)

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## Cite it

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Peyrégne, S., Massilani, D., Swiel, Y., Boyle, M. J., Iasi, L. N. M., Sümer, A. P., Mesa, A. B., & de Filippo, C. (2025). A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.20.683404
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[Read it free at biorxiv.org](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.20.683404v1)

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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