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Jawbone of ancient giant found in Tibet
A huge jawbone kept by monks as a holy relic is revealed to be from the Denisovans, an ancient species of human. Biologist Frido Welker studied protein samples from the 160,000 year old bone.
(Image: A virtual reconstruction of the Xianhe jawbone, Credit: Jean-Jacques Hublin, MPI-EVA, Leipzig.)
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