Science News for Kids » humanlike Denisovans to study their connection to modern people and Neandertals http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 00:29:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Tiny fossil tells big tale http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/tiny-fossil-tells-big-tale/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/tiny-fossil-tells-big-tale/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:00:38 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14238 A finger fossil about the size of a ladybug helped scientists learn more about ancient humans called Denisovans. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Scientists use a single finger bone from ancient, humanlike Denisovans to study their connection to modern people and Neandertals]]> A finger fossil about the size of a ladybug helped scientists learn more about ancient humans called Denisovans. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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