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As scientists trace back human history, filling in the gaps from our beginnings on the African continent to the global spread of today, it’s been assumed that hostile environs like the Tibetan plateau were some of the last places we inhabited. Recent findings, however, challenge that notion.

If it wasnt for an extinct relative of modern humans known as the Denisovans, some researchers suspect our own species might never have made their home on the highest and largest plateau in the world.

A recent research study has revealed that modern Tibetans, who live easily at high altitudes, got these altitude superpowers from the Tibetan Plateau Denisovans.

The Tibetan Plateau has long been thought to be one of the last areas on the planet to be colonized by people migrating throughout the world.

The Tibetan Plateau has long been considered one of the last places to be populated by people in their migration around the globe. A new paper by archaeologists at the University of California, Davis, highlights that our extinct cousins, the...

The Tibetan Plateau has long been considered one of the last places to be populated by people in their migration around the globe. A new paper by archaeologists at the University of California, Davis, highlights that our extinct cousins, the Denisovans, reached the “roof of the world” about 160,000 years ago — 120,000 years earlier than previous estimates for our species — and even contributed to our adaptation to high altitude.