Denny, child of a Neanderthal and a Denisovan
Her mother was a Neanderthal, her father a Denisovan
A tiny bone fragment from Denisova Cave, picked out of 2,000 unidentified scraps, belonged to a girl of about 13 who lived some 90,000 years ago. Her genome showed a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father: the only first-generation hybrid of two human species ever found.
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A girl from Siberia's Denisova Cave had a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father. She lived some 90,000 years ago, died at about 13, and is the only first-generation hybrid of two human species ever found. Share →
Neanderthals died out, yet part of them lives on in us. Their genome, decoded in 2010, showed that people of non-African descent carry a small share of Neanderthal DNA, a trace of ancient interbreeding. Share →