“A 2026 Nature study identified three Denisovan hominin fossils from Bianfu Cave in Southwest China after screening more than 60,000 bone fragments; the fossils came from layers dated to approximately 167,000–134,000 years ago.”

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Checked in Galedra: score 0.97, strongly supported · not yet reviewed by anyone else “A 2026 Nature study identified three Denisovan hominin fossils from Bianfu Cave in Southwest China after screening more than 60,000 bone fragments; the fossils came from layers dated to approximately…” https://galedra.org/investigations/01a0ea63-07cc-7330-8e28-88077f23db60

“A 2026 Nature study identified three Denisovan hominin fossils from Bianfu Cave in Southwest China after screening more than 60,000 bone fragments.”

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“The three newly identified Denisovan fossils came from Bianfu Cave layers dated to approximately 167,000–134,000 years ago.”

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