Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos.
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Many discussions feature specific references to the molar's age and morphological characteristics, such as multiple users emphasizing its importance in understanding Denisovan behavioral patterns. Phrases like 'very happy to have contributed' and 'game changer' indicate enthusiasm and the perceived breakthrough nature of the findings, showcasing a positive tone and optimistic perspective about future research in human evolution.
There's a generally positive reception towards the findings, with many users expressing their support for the implications of the research.
The discussions reflect a high level of curiosity and inquiry surrounding the Denisovan discovery, with several users noting the research's relevance.
While many comments share excitement, only a few dive deeply into specific methodologies or broader implications.
Participants perceive the research as significantly impactful in the field of paleoanthropology, suggesting it influences understanding of human evolution.
Abstract in brief
- A Middle Pleistocene molar was found in a cave in Laos, suggesting the presence of the Denisovan species in Southeast Asia during that time.
- Dating methods estimate the fossil's age at around 164,000 to 131,000 years old.
- Morphological and protein analyses indicate the molar comes from a young female and shows similarities to a known Denisovan specimen from China.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyCheck out our new paper reporting a tooth we found in a cave in Laos that we believe belonged to a Denisovan! We have #microstratigraphic context too! A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos | Nature Communications https://t.co/y7MyQZJONE
When combining our zooarchaeological data from Baishiya Karst Cave with the presence of Denisovans at Denisova Cave (Russia) and Tam Ngu Hao 2 (Cobra Cave, Laos), this indicates both palaeoecological and behavioural plasticity among Denisovan populations. https://t.co/yxVKODZ5R8
Find our article entitled “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” under the new Highlights webpage of recent research called “Ecology and evolution” from Nature Communications. https://t.co/TgXDsBMbna
A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/fnEUlXPrtO
#MyOAarticle "A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos" received 25,986 downloads since its publication! Access the article here: https://t.co/kdsgUd8JQS
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Denisovan Molar Discovery in Northern Laos Expands Human History
A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar was unearthed in Laos, suggesting the Denisovan species inhabited Southeast Asia. This video delves into the implications of this discovery, including the fossil's estimated age and…
Discovering the Denisovans: Fossils from Southeast Asia's Past
2025 has proved groundbreaking for understanding Denisovans. This video explores two case studies, including the discovery of a Middle Pleistocene molar in Laos, shedding light on the presence of Denisovans in Southeast…
RT @WelkerGroup: When combining our zooarchaeological data from Baishiya Karst Cave with the presence of Denisovans at Denisova Cave (Russi…
RT @WelkerGroup: When combining our zooarchaeological data from Baishiya Karst Cave with the presence of Denisovans at Denisova Cave (Russi…
When combining our zooarchaeological data from Baishiya Karst Cave with the presence of Denisovans at Denisova Cave (Russia) and Tam Ngu Hao 2 (Cobra Cave, Laos), this indicates both palaeoecological and behavioural plasticity among Denisovan populations. https://t.co/yxVKODZ5R8
RT @Indi750: #MyOAarticle "A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos" received 25,986 downloads since i…
#MyOAarticle "A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos" received 25,986 downloads since its publication! Access the article here: https://t.co/kdsgUd8JQS
RT @SahinCAKIR70414: Tam Ngu Hao 2, Laos Pre-Sapiens molar btw 131,000-164,000 years https://t.co/hxUiZTxkQx NOT Denisovan if the common a…
Tam Ngu Hao 2, Laos Pre-Sapiens molar btw 131,000-164,000 years https://t.co/zWppNyKb8O NOT Denisovan if the common ancestral p... https://t.co/Hlcw0PrgyX
Tam Ngu Hao 2, Laos Pre-Sapiens molar btw 131,000-164,000 years https://t.co/hxUiZTxkQx NOT Denisovan if the common ancestral population of #Neanderthal #Denisovan and modern #Sapiens was NOT in Africa before 500 ka, instead in the Levant ~140 ka #Paleoanthropology #FossilFriday https://t.co/IoZIOsWuNu
RT @Indi750: Find our article entitled “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” under the new Highli…
RT @Indi750: Find our article entitled “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” under the new Highli…
RT @Indi750: Find our article entitled “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” under the new Highli…
RT @Indi750: Find our article entitled “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” under the new Highli…
RT @Indi750: Find our article entitled “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” under the new Highli…
RT @Indi750: Find our article entitled “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” under the new Highli…
RT @Indi750: Find our article entitled “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” under the new Highli…
RT @Indi750: Find our article entitled “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” under the new Highli…
Find our article entitled “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” under the new Highlights webpage of recent research called “Ecology and evolution” from Nature Communications. https://t.co/TgXDsBMbna
RT @emulenews: #NatureCommunications A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/uFvJdK4uFD…
RT @emulenews: #NatureCommunications A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/uFvJdK4uFD…
RT @emulenews: #NatureCommunications A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/uFvJdK4uFD…
RT @emulenews: #NatureCommunications A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/uFvJdK4uFD…
#NatureCommunications A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/uFvJdK4uFD The age of the fossil-bearing breccia ranges between 164–131 kyr. The tooth derives from a young, likely female, Homo individual. https://t.co/J9amJg9VWa
RT @seaarch: via Nature Communications, 17 May 2022: A discovery of an ancient tooth in Laos, with suggestions that it belonged to a Deniso…
A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos | Nature Communications https://t.co/o6Kny84gZp
RT @seaarch: via Nature Communications, 17 May 2022: A discovery of an ancient tooth in Laos, with suggestions that it belonged to a Deniso…
RT @seaarch: via Nature Communications, 17 May 2022: A discovery of an ancient tooth in Laos, with suggestions that it belonged to a Deniso…
via Nature Communications, 17 May 2022: A discovery of an ancient tooth in Laos, with suggestions that it belonged to a Denisovan girl. https://t.co/RytoL3n8HN
Denisovans in Laos https://t.co/2KDOQQHkJc via @YouTube
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
"A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos" by Fabrice Demeter, Clément Zanolli, Kira E. Westaway, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Philippe Duringer, Mike W. Morley, Frido Welker, Patrick L. Rüther, Matthew M. Skinner, et al. https://t.co/3GQbG4xJKc
RT @fujimicho: A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos ラオスの洞窟遺跡でデニソワ人の臼歯化石出土。16〜11万年前 https://t.co/k…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/fnEUlXPrtO
A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos ラオスの洞窟遺跡でデニソワ人の臼歯化石出土。16〜11万年前 https://t.co/kxwTLOaUPd
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/fnEUlXPrtO
A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos | Nature Communications https://t.co/o6Kny84gZp
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/fnEUlXPrtO
A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos | Nature Communications https://t.co/8srGMqAnT6 #MiddlePleistocene, #HumanoidSpecimen, #AnnamiteMountains, #MolarDiscovery
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @MikeGeoarch: Check out our new paper reporting a tooth we found in a cave in Laos that we believe belonged to a Denisovan! We have #mi…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/fnEUlXPrtO
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/fnEUlXPrtO
A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/fnEUlXPrtO
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @OyatsuMaster: #考古学のおやつ 3/3 →cf. Fabrice Demeter et al. (2022) A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern…
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL (acceso abierto) A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/oezNF8rrDp vía @NatureComms
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @OyatsuMaster: #考古学のおやつ 3/3 →cf. Fabrice Demeter et al. (2022) A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern…
Top story: A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos | Nature Communications https://t.co/XZb3iL6QHj, see more https://t.co/SUyAdtT0K5
Top story: A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos | Nature Communications https://t.co/3tQiLoWLVQ, see more https://t.co/468IKTECDD
RT @MikeGeoarch: Check out our new paper reporting a tooth we found in a cave in Laos that we believe belonged to a Denisovan! We have #mi…
#考古学のおやつ 3/3 →cf. Fabrice Demeter et al. (2022) A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos. Nature Communications, volume 13, Article number: 2557. [Nature Communications (@NatureComms)] https://t.co/kHZ6RBgrB5
RT @MikeGeoarch: Check out our new paper reporting a tooth we found in a cave in Laos that we believe belonged to a Denisovan! We have #mi…
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @MikeGeoarch: Check out our new paper reporting a tooth we found in a cave in Laos that we believe belonged to a Denisovan! We have #mi…
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @MikeGeoarch: Check out our new paper reporting a tooth we found in a cave in Laos that we believe belonged to a Denisovan! We have #mi…
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
Check out our new paper reporting a tooth we found in a cave in Laos that we believe belonged to a Denisovan! We have #microstratigraphic context too! A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos | Nature Communications https://t.co/y7MyQZJONE
The study in "Nature Communications" the above "ABC News" story is based upon: “A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos” https://t.co/H6u2mMqJIR
Denisovan in Laos? A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/E2VK5PQqxS
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos | Nature Communications https://t.co/tapTrU4qkr
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
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RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
RT @FridoWelker: Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK
NEW! A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos https://t.co/Z9KClaVXOb
Very happy to have contributed to this one! A possible #Denisovan from Middle Pleistocene Laos: https://t.co/zux8Uvp8qK