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Zhang investigated the original discovery of the mandible by interviewing local people in Xiahe. They confirmed human bones were found in the cave. When asked in 2019 whether it was possible the story was false, Zhang said, "I don't think the local people would lie about this." Because the provenance
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Denisovan DNA is found in modern humans across Asia and
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Chen, F. H., Dong, G. H., Zhang, D. J., Liu, X. Y., Jia, X., An, C. B., Ma, M. M., Xie, Y. W., Barton, L., Ren, X. Y., Zhao, Z. J., Wu, X. H. & Jones, M. K. (2015). "Agriculture facilitated permanent human occupation of the
Tibetan Plateau after 3600 BP."
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Dadiwan in the past 60 ka and the origin of millet agriculture".
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Zhang DJ, Chen FH, Bettinger RL, Barton L, Ji DX, Morgan C, Wang H, Cheng XZ, Dong GH, Guiderson TP, Zhao H. (2010). "Archaeological records of
Dadiwan in the past 60 ka and the origin of millet agriculture."
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is uncertain, the research team in 2019 acknowledged they could not prove the fossil came from the
Baishaya cave. But they were able to match minerals on the Xiahe mandible to mineral deposits in the cave.
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Zhang, DongJu; Dong, GuangHui; Wang, Hui; Ren, XiaoYan; Ha, PiPu'u; Qiang, MingRui; Chen, FaHu (2016). "History and possible mechanisms of prehistoric human migration to the
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from 2000 to 2004 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in archeology. From
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and Tibetans to live at high altitudes in low-oxygen environments. The Xiahe mandible is considered likely to be the oldest hominin fossil on the Tibetan Plateau. Zhang told
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Bettinger RL, Barton L, Morgan C, Chen FH, Wang H, Guilderson TP, Ji DX, Zhang DJ. (2010). "The Transition to Agriculture at Dadiwan, People's Republic of China."
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Morgan C, Barton L, Bettinger R, Chen FH, Zhang DJ. (2011). "Glacial Cycles and Palaeolithic Adaptive Variability on China's Western Loess Plateaux."
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is only 2,300 feet (700 meters) above sea level. The Baishiya cave is 10,760 feet (3,280 meters) above sea level. Denisovan DNA, specifically the
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Zhang, Dongju; Xia, Huan; Chen, Fahu (2018). "Early human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau".
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