Skull fragments from China identified as belonging to Denisovans

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• Archaeologists identified skull fragments from China as belonging to the Denisovans.
• The Denisovans are a group of ancient human relatives.
• The source text is brief, so details of the find are limited.

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The Denisovans are known mainly from very few fossils, so each identified specimen adds to what scientists can say about them. The source describes the identification of skull fragments from China but gives little further detail. Readers should treat the find as a discovery in progress rather than a settled account of how the Denisovans looked.

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