A fossilized phalanx lurks beneath the land of Siberian Altai.
Exhumed in 2008 in the depths of the Denisova cave, this fragment of little finger has filled researchers from the Institute of Archeology and Ethnology in Novosibirsk with joy.
They imagined they had found a tiny vestige of Neanderthal man.
Alas, the researchers came across a bone: the fossil did not belong to the cousin of
Homo sapiens
, but to a new, hitherto unknown species of hominid.
Fourteen years later,
The Mystery of Denisova
looks back on the most remarkable paleoanthropological discovery of the beginning of the 21st century.
Guy Beauché's documentary reweaves the story of Denisova's man, who walked the surface of the world at the same time as Sapiens and Neanderthals.
The remains of this species that disappeared only 15,000 years ago can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
On an air of adventure
The most formidable fossil to date?
A modest jaw fragment.
Entrusted to the best international experts, this discovered mandible…
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