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The team also tried to retrieve genetic material from the skulls dental calculus — the gunk left on teeth that can over time form a hard layer and preserve DNA from the mouth.Our species once coexisted for tens of thousands of years and interbred with both Denisovans and Neanderthals before the two went extinct.

The goal in using a new extraction approach was to recover as much genetic material as possible.adding that the dense crystalline structure of dental calculus may help prevent the host DNA from being lost.A name and a face for Denisovans With the Dragon Man skull now linked to Denisovans based on molecular evidence.

An artists impression depicts how Dragon Man might have looked.a dense piece at the base of the skull thats often a rich source of DNA in fossils.

we know the first Denisovan skull.

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