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Scientists Reconstruct Denisovan Appearance From Ancient Proteins, Narrowing the Mystery of a Lost Human Lineage

A new study in Nature has brought the elusive Denisovans into sharper focus, using ancient proteins from Middle Pleistocene fossils to infer what members of this extinct human lineage may have looked like. Researchers say the analysis of Xujiayao hominin remains supports a Denisovan identification and reveals a set of shared physical traits that help bridge a long-standing gap in human evolutionary history.