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27. Denisovans? My recollection is they were fond of hats.

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 03:21 PM

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New species of extinct human found in cave may rewrite history [View all] muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 OP

Cool. K&R, nt. druidity33 Sep 2015 #1

Extraordinary find. AngryAmish Sep 2015 #3

If your distant ancestors stomped around Eurasia, sarge43 Sep 2015 #9

"...... and we have no idea what Devisonians look like!" Hoppy Sep 2015 #14

Denisovans? My recollection is they were fond of hats. tclambert Sep 2015 #27

Or maybe Denisovans. eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #17

Fascinating, thank you. bemildred Sep 2015 #4

Brain may have adapted according to the needs of the jwirr Sep 2015 #21

Those in the know believe it was more like an arms race. sybylla Sep 2015 #23

Sounds reasonable. And at least gives us a reason why jwirr Sep 2015 #24

Yes, that's what I think. bemildred Sep 2015 #28

I wonder how the bones all ended up in the same place Android3.14 Sep 2015 #5

They do think the bodies or bones were placed there on purpose muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #6

A good place for small people to hide out. bemildred Sep 2015 #8

They were buried. bikebloke Sep 2015 #25

Fascinating! K&R. nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #7

Thanx for posting Botany Sep 2015 #10

Holy moly. romanic Sep 2015 #12

I love how he recruited scientists to excavate it. progressoid Sep 2015 #16

Thanks for this additional info, progressoid! Fascinating... Peace Patriot Sep 2015 #19

Well ... *prehistory*, to split hairs. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #18

K&R! Peace Patriot Sep 2015 #20

1/2 the brain size of ours packman Sep 2015 #22

K&R! Thank You!! haikugal Sep 2015 #26

K&R. Nt JudyM Sep 2015 #29