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After sequencing the DNA from a 30,000-year-old pinkie finger discovered in a Siberian cave, researchers have confirmed that it belonged to a previously unknown hominid species that probably diverged from the Neanderthal line about 350,000 years ago. The genetic sequence shares as much as 6% of its segments with modern-day Melanesians in the South Pacific, suggesting that the extinct species — which has no formal name but whose members are being called Denisovans because the bone was found in the Denisova Cave — ranged widely throughout East Asia. In May, researchers showed that modern humans of European descent carry 2% to 3% Neanderthal DNA, suggesting that there was interbreeding between the two groups tens of thousands of years ago.
Evolution, hominid, Neanderthal, Denisovans: DNA tests confirm a previously unknown hominid species - latimes.com
That may sound familiar, given last week's announcement of the first scientifically verified dinosaur color scheme .
True-Color Dinosaur Revealed: First Full-Body Rendering