Extinct Human Species Remains Puzzles Scientists After Discovery

While that is still not exactly recent, that is far younger than what archaeologists had previously identified the Denisovans as being.

This completely shifts what we know about this extinct human species, as it is now clear that they continued to survive in the area’s harsh conditions much better than had been believed.

The weather conditions on the Tibetan Plateau are not welcoming. The high altitude makes life in general quite difficult to adapt to, especially for humans that have little natural protection for such conditions.

For the Denisovans to not only live there, but to evidently thrive, opens up way more theories about the way of life of this extinct human species than previously thought of.