Denisovans, a cousin of Neanderthals, about which very little is known, lived between 164,000 to 131,000 years ago and were recently believed to be extinct
A tooth found in a cave in Laos that could be around 160,000-years-old has provided evidence that the archaic humans called Denisovans lived across a huge range stretching from Siberia, through China and into Southeast Asia.
A child's tooth at least 130,000 years old found in a Laos cave could help scientists uncover more information about an early human cousin, a study said on Tuesday.