Russia
A mysterious mitochondrial sequence from Denisova Cave, Russia
A small fragment of finger bone with a DNA sequence that represents a previously-unknown form of hominin.
![A fragment of finger bone upon a chalk outline of a hand skeleton](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/09/denisova-finger-bone.jpg)
Who first inhabited the European Arctic? A look at Mamontovaya Kurya
I examine a new paper reviewing a site in the far north of European Russia, with critical examination of the idea that Neandertals were this far north 40,000 years ago.
![A mammoth tusk with a series of many parallel cutmarks across it. An inset shows some of the cutmarks in detail.](/content/images/size/w1460/2023/01/mammoth-tusk-cutmarks-mamontovaya-kurya-pavlov-2003.jpg)