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Molar from Fourth Denisovan Extends "Meager" Fossil Record (2 of 3)

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Molar from Fourth Denisovan Extends "Meager" Fossil Record (2 of 3)

image: Photographs of the Denisova 2 lower second molar in (A) occlusal, (B) mesial, (C) buccal, (D) lingual, (E) distal, and (F) apical views. The scale for all panels is 2.5 millimeters. The area sampled for ancient DNA analyses is marked by a gray circle in panel C. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 7, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by V. Slon at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "A fourth Denisovan individual." view more 

Credit: [Credit: Slon <i>et al</i>. Sci. Adv. 2017; 3: e1700186]


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