New Fossil Discovery Suggests Denisovans Lived in Laos 164,000-131,000 Years Ago archaeology paleoanthropology science
“The Tam Ngu Hao 2 cave sediments contained teeth of giant herbivores, ancient elephants and rhinos that where known to live in woodland environments,” said Dr. Fabrice Demeter, a paleoanthropologist in the Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre in the Globe Institute, the University of Copenhagen, and France’s Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle.
“This fossil represents the first discovery of Denisovans in Southeast Asia and shows that Denisovans were in the south at least as far as Laos. This is in agreement with the genetic evidence found in modern day Southeast Asian populations.” Following a very detailed analysis of the shape of the Tam Ngu Hao 2 molar, Dr. Demeter identified many similarities to Denisovan teeth found on the Tibetan Plateau.
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