Where are all the Denisovans? Ancient DNA
In 2010 geneticists uncovered an entirely new branch of human evolution, which they called the Denisovans. Since then archaeologists have been on the hunt for this lost population. Today, with the help of Geneticist Joao Teixeira we make that argument that we did find them, we found quite a few of them and we found them 100 years ago.
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Teixeira, João C., et al. “Widespread Denisovan Ancestry in Island Southeast Asia but No Evidence of Substantial Super-Archaic Hominin Admixture.” Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 5, no. 5, 2021, pp. 616-624., doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01....
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Hey everyone, this is a new series I’m working on called “Ancient dna”. I’ve been hard at work interviewing geneticists from around the world.
It's crazy how KZread has replaced what should be on the Discovery or History. Keep it up, Stefan!
I’m Aboriginal Australian. I find Denisovans so fascinating and to hear my people are one groups that have most Denisovan DNA is just so cool.
I love how you personify “archaic humans” into being real people that really existed, had full lives, probably had a sense of self, and weren’t just ancient brutish animals that we just happen to share an ancient common ancestor with.
Hi indonesian archaeologist here, it's so insightful thanks to you! Have never heard nor discussed Ngandong hipotested as Denisovans at all, but prehistoric ain't my major.
Very interesting! Personally, I think it is very probable that Denisovan bones have been collected but labeled as something else. If your categories and W, X, & Y, but you don't realize that category Z exists, you label it W, X, or Y.
Native from Flores here, so glad to know more what happened in my homeland
omg, you are right. in sangiran museum (prehistoric human museum) in java indonesia, there are two type of skull bones that they name it homo soloensis and homo wajakensis (they name it after the city they found the skull) they still didn't identify what species it is and just name it with the city that they found the bones. in the museup they just describe it as the next evolution of homo erectus because the skull have some similarities to homo erectus in the eyebrow ridge bone area but have way more brain mass than homo erectus. but i think it actually belongs to denisovan
Long awaited Stefan video. One of my favorite creators. I'm a practicing geologist in real life but I minored in anthropology in undergraduate at UTEP. Followed the money but my heart is still in the skulls.
“Shout out to my Neanderthal wife” 😂😂 made me laugh. Thank you for the video Stefan ! Great work as always ❤
Here in indonesia, not only denisovans. also homo floresiensis. even to this day, Denisovan skull have been found not only in sumatra island. also in sulawesi island a thousand of km apart. im not a researcher, but i love all discovery related to early human life.
Stefan, hovering around the cutting edge, keeping it fascinating, infecting us with his enthusiasm and making the whole thing comprehensible. Still my favourite KZread channel. ❤
I took an Anthropologie class in 1980, Jr high.
OK hold the phone. Stefan has really stepped up the production game on this one. This man deserves way more than 300k subs. Bravo Mr. Milo! Great video!
Stefan,
In Indonesia (Sumatera and Borneo) there're forest people called Bunian that have different body than most of Indonesian. You guys please check it
Dear Stefan...you have no idea how thrilled I am to watch this. I am going to have so much fun perusing the researches you cited. I am a Javanese (both of my parents were born in Solo). I love archaeology, studying and wondering how we came to be who we are today as a species is a fascinating endeavor. Everytime I read or watch available materials about early human evolution (which is understandably centered in Africa, Europe, & Western Asia), I always wondered..what about human evolution here in my little corner of the world? Oh well, tropical climate doesn't yield in good fossil preservation and our government is not fond of spending money on research. There is not going be much interesting publications to find, I thought.
Stefan, you are my favourite youtuber. Nothing wrong with admitting what we don't know, having theories and exploring them next to all of the evidence - your videos always feel so balanced and well-researched. Keep up the great work!
I love your KZread presentations. Your diverse subject matter ( Paleontology / Archaeology / Molecules Biology / etc) keeps me clued to your channel. THANK YOU!!!!
This is very interesting... My parents are born from South East Malukku(Indonesia) near Flores and Papua. In their traditions we keep bonds alive by marriage between the villages like my parents do, and its go back very far into the past.There is also a family name or clan has Chinese feature like the eyes.. and in my clan it has feature like the nose that looks same like the Indians or the Arabic people.. And some of the clans has features from the Papua Some of the boys in the village has red hair on some place on there head... And I have grey hair at my younger age and almost everybody has it in my clan... So now I am married to a Javanese (wife) she comes from a aristocratic family wich the marriage is kep between her families to preserve their heritage and I started to think that maybe... maybe my wife and I has preserve the Denisovan to our children, if we have the Denisovans. I was just wondering.. thanks for sharing...