Denisova Cave
Russia /
Altaj /
Soloneshnoye /
World
/ Russia
/ Altaj
/ Soloneshnoye
, 40 km from center (Солонешное)
World / Russia / Gorno-Altay
cave / caves, archaeological site, prehistoric, tourist attraction, paleontological site, paleoanthropological site
Denisova Cave is a cave in the Bashelaksky Range of the Altai mountains, Siberia, Russia. The cave is of great paleoarchaeological and paleontological interest. Bone fragments of the Denisova hominin, sometimes called the "X woman" (referring to the maternal descent of mitochondrial DNA) originate from the cave, including artefacts dated to ~40,000 BP. The cave is located in a region thought to be inhabited concurrently in the past by Neanderthals and modern humans
www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03675-0
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisova_Cave
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Coordinates: 51°23'50"N 84°40'31"E
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