The word Denisovan is sometimes mentioned in media in reference to

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The first evidence for Denisovans or Denisova hominins was first discovered in 2008 in a cave in the Altai mountains in Siberia. Analysis of a fossil jawbone containing molars recovered from Baishiya Karst cave in Xiahe, Gansu, China shows Denisovans lived in the Tibetan Plateau some 160,000 years ago. This is the first time evidence of Denisovan presence has been found outside the Denisova cave.