1. Denisovan - Noun
2. Denisovan - Adjective
Denisovan (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to an extinct grouping of the genus Homo that lived in the Altay Mountains some 41,000 years ago.
Denisovan (plural Denisovans)
A member of an extinct grouping of the genus Homo that lived in the Altay Mountains some 41,000 years ago.
However, evidence for archaic admixture in modern humans had been suggested by some studies. citation Recent sequencing of Neanderthal citation and Denisovan genomes shows that some admixture occurred. Source: Internet
Researchers suspected that Denisovans were widespread in Asia, based on the widespread Denisovan genomic signal among present-day Asians. Source: Internet
The Altai mountains were home to the Denisovan branch of hominids who were contemporaries of Neanderthals and of Homo Sapiens (modern humans), descended from Hominids who reached Asia earlier than modern humans. Source: Internet
This discovery in Baishiya Karst Cave is the first time Denisovan DNA has been recovered from a location that is outside Denisova Cave in Siberia, Russia. Source: Internet
The Denisovan fossil and the DNA it contained, indicate that early modern humans coexisted in Asia with other archaic hominin species, but, unexpectedly, that they interbred with them. Source: Internet
The other Denisovan pulse appears to the south. Source: Internet