An ancient jawbone discovered off the coast of Taiwan has been identified as belonging to a Denisovan, a mysterious group of early human ancestors. The jawbone, named Penghu 1, was retrieved from the seafloor in the Penghu Channel and was determined to be a male Denisovan through mass spectrometry analysis. This discovery provides new evidence about the Denisovans and their wide geographical spread across Eurasia. The Penghu 1 jawbone displays Denisovan-like morphology, with a robust mandibular structure and distinctive root structures.
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