Ancient Jawbone from Taiwan Came from Denisovan

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(1) Christina Larson, Ancient Jawbone from Taiwan Belongs to a Mysterious Group of Human Ancestors, Scientists Say. Associated Press, Apr 10, 2025.
https://apnews.com/article/denis ... 73370e2c2a6406e66f5

Note: "Takumi Tsutaya at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Japan"
(a) Graduate University for Advanced Studies  (国立大学法人) 総合研究大学院大学
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th ... or_Advanced_Studies
(1988- ; national university)
(b) Takumi TSUTAYA  蔦谷 匠 (学位  博士（生命科学）, 東京大学; 職位  助教)
(c) Japanese-English dictionary:
* The kanji 匠 has Chinese pronunciation shō and Japanese pronunciation takumi, meaning artisan, craftsman.
* The kanji 蔦 has Chinese pronunciation chō and Japanese pronunciation tsuta, meaning vine, ivy. (This character is not found in dictionaries in Taiwan.)


(2) The above is based on:
Michael Price, Fossil Jawbone Reveals Mysterious Denisovans Lived in Ancient Taiwan; First confirmed fossil found outside Siberia and the Tibetan Plateau shows the archaic human also lived in hot climates. Science, Apr 10, 2025
https://www.science.org/content/ ... ived-ancient-taiwan
("The first Denisovan remains were uncovered by Russian scientists in Siberia's Denisova Cave [that is how the species was named] in 2008. * * * In 2019, more Denisovan fossils were found in another cold, high-elevation shelter: Baishiya Karst Cave on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. * * * An analysis of ancient proteins preserved within the fossil, published today in Science * * * The first description of the Penghu 1 mandible, published in 2015 * * * Enrico Capellini, a study co-author at KU")

Note:
(a) For "Kun-Yu Tsai," see 澎湖原人
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/澎湖原人
(English: Penghu 1; "2008年，國立自然科學博物館副研究員張鈞翔從臺灣南部私人收藏家蔡坤育（蔡坤玉）處取得一個人類下顎骨化石標本")

This Wiki page does not have the 2025 update. It is unknown which version of the name 蔡坤育（蔡坤玉） is correct, or the sex -- as the person is a nonperson in Taiwan.
(b) National Museum of Natural Science  國立自然科學博物館 (1986- ; 臺中市)
(c) Baishiya Karst Cave  (甘肅省夏河縣) 白石崖溶洞
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baishiya_Karst_Cave
("This karst cave is the site of the discovery of the earliest hominin fossil found on the Tibetan Plateau, the Xiahe mandible [夏河縣人類下頜骨化石]. * * * A hint they had a wider range came in 2022, when Demeter and other researchers announced they had found a Denisovan-looking tooth within Laos's Tam Ngu Hao Cave ['Cobra Cave': en.wikipedia.org for Denisovan; but lack of proof]")
(d) "An analysis of ancient proteins preserved within the fossil, published today in Science"

Takumi Tsutaya et al, A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan. Science, 388: 176 (Apr 10, 2025).
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads3888
(e) For "[t]he first description of the Penghu 1 mandible, published in 2015," See
Chun-Hsiang Chang 張鈞翔, Yousuke Kaifu, Masanaru Takai, Reiko T Kono, Rainer Grün, Shuji Matsu'ura, Les Kinsley, and Liang-Kong Lin 林良恭, The First Archaic Homo from Taiwan. Nature Communication, 6: 6037 (2015; free)/
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms7037
(f) "Enrico Capellini, a study co-author at KU"

University of Copenhagen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Copenhagen
(1479- ; "Danish: Københavns Universitet, abbr. KU")