Denisova Cave (Russian: Денисова пещера, romanized: Denísova peshchéra, lit. 'the cave of Denis'; Altay: Аю-Таш, romanized: Ayu Tash, lit. 'Bear Rock'[2]) is a cave in the Bashelaksky Range of the Altai mountains, Siberian Federal District, Russia. The cave has provided items of great paleoarchaeological and paleontological interest. Bone fragments of the Denisova hominin originate from the cave, including artifacts dated to around 40,000 BP. Remains of a 32,000-year-old prehistoric species of horse have also been found in the cave.
The cave is located in a region thought to have been inhabited concurrently in the past by Neanderthals and by modern humans. A bone needle dated to 50,000 years ago was discovered at the archaeological site in 2016 and has been described as the most ancient needle known[3][4][5] (though another possible needle dates to about 10,000 years earlier from South Africa from c. 61,000 years ago[6]).
Denisovans, Neanderthals and related hybrids may have inhabited the Denisova Cave for extended periods, but perhaps not at the same time.[7] The attribution of the needle and certain other artifacts at the cave, whether to Homo sapiens or to the Denisova hominin (also sometimes known as Homo denisova), is uncertain.[8]
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^Zenobia Jacobs; et al. (Jan 30, 2019). "Timing of archaic hominin occupation of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia". Nature. 565 (7741): 594–599. Bibcode:2019Natur.565..594J. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0843-2. PMID 30700870. S2CID 59525956.
^Michael V.Shunkov; et al. (Sep 10, 2020). "Initial Upper Palaeolithic ornaments and formal bone tools from the East Chamber of Denisova Cave in the Russian Altai". Quaternary International. 559: 47–67. Bibcode:2020QuInt.559...47S. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.07.027. S2CID 225494150.
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^The Siberian Times reporter, "Homo sapiens or Denisovans? Who made stunning cave jewellery and artefacts up to 48,000 years ago?" Archived 2019-09-02 at the Wayback Machine, The Siberian Times, February 4, 2016.
cohabited in the cave. Additional specimens from DenisovaCave were subsequently identified, as was a single specimen from the Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan...
deer, Przewalski's horse, elk, buffalo, and brown bear. Harbin Xiahe DenisovaCave The specific name for H. longi is derived from the geographic name Longjiang...
it is the first confirmed discovery of a Denisovan fossil outside of DenisovaCave, and the most complete confirmed Denisovan fossil. This fossil discovery...
cross-continental migration. Early specimens from Mezmaiskaya Cave in the Caucasus and DenisovaCave in the Siberian Altai Mountains differ genetically from...
average temperature in the Denisovacaves. Neanderthal bones and tools made by Homo sapiens have also been found in the DenisovaCave, making it the only place...
cave at the same level were carbon dated to around 40,000 BP. As DNA had survived in the fossil fragment due to the cool climate of the DenisovaCave...
impregnated with the genetic material of an ANE woman was found in the DenisovaCave, and dated to circa 24,700 years before present. She is closely related...
Russia in 1988, and in 2016 a needle at least 50,000 years old from DenisovaCave in Siberia made by Denisovans. Dyed flax fibers that date back to 34...
Neanderthal researchers have dubbed the "Altai Neandertal". It was found in DenisovaCave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia and is estimated to be 50,000 years...
of Archaeology and Ethnology of Novosibirsk, working at the site of DenisovaCave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, uncovered a small bone fragment from...
parallel (Eartham Pit, Boxgrove 500kya, Swanscombe Heritage Park 400kya, DenisovaCave 50 kya). It has been suggested that late Neanderthals may even have...
Neanderthals, including Mezmaiskaya 1, than with the Altai Neanderthal from DenisovaCave, which shows that the introgression event from Neanderthals into humans...
Lovelock Cave (NV-Ch-18) is a North American archaeological site previously known as Sunset Guano Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Loud Site 18. The cave is about...
corsac fox have been recovered from the famous DenisovaCave, known for being the type locality of the Denisova hominins. The major threat posed to the corsac...
Roberts, Richard G. (2019). "Timing of archaic hominin occupation of DenisovaCave in southern Siberia". Nature. 565 (7741): 594–599. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0843-2...
relics. Siberia has many sites with Mousterian-style implements, e.g. DenisovaCave. Israel is one of the places where remains of both Neandertals and Homo...
the endangered snow leopard. Bone fragments of the Denisova hominin originate from the DenisovaCave in Altai Krai. This area is part of a great crossroads...
Bering land bridge. Fossilised stoat remains have been recovered from DenisovaCave. Combined phylogenetic analyses indicate the stoat's closest living...
player Denisov family DenisovaCave, an archeological site in Siberia. Denisovan, the ancient hominin discovered in DenisovaCave Denisov District of northern...
specimen and cloning it in the future. The steppe wisent is known from DenisovaCave, famous for being the site where the first Denisovan remains were discovered...
sequencing of the genetic code of an unidentified human species from DenisovaCave, Siberia, propagated suppositions that the Dali Man and East Asian contemporaries...
finger-bone excavated in the Siberian DenisovaCave in the Altai Mountains in 2008 leading up to the 2010 discovery of the Denisova human. "Шуньков М.В." (in Russian)...
and was found in DenisovaCave. A bone needle, dated to the Aurignacian age (47,000 to 41,000 years ago), was discovered in Potok Cave (Slovene: Potočka...
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