🏺 Denisova Cave
Altai Republic, Soloneshensky District · Russia
17 ancient DNA individuals excavated at Denisova Cave, Russia, dated between 208050 BC and 22053 BC. Y-DNA haplogroups found on site include A0000, A0000-T. Explore each individual's haplogroups, radiocarbon dates and ancestral composition.
17
Individuals
208050 BC
Earliest
22053 BC
Latest
10
Studies
Average ancestral composition (17 individuals, non-zero components only)
ANE
81.0%
Sub-Saharan
80.5%
CHG/Iran N
7.0%
EHG
5.0%
AASI
3.8%
Native American
0.6%
Individuals excavated at this site (sorted chronologically)
| Sample ID | Label | Date | Sex | Y-DNA | mtDNA | Culture | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M71 | Neandersovan | 208050 BC | Denisovan:fallsbasaltoDenisova2andDenisova8,albeitwithlowbootstrapsupport | ZavalaNature2021 | |||
| M76 | Neandersovan | 208050 BC | DivergentNeanderthal:homininmtDNAfragmentsthatsupportthebranchsharedbyHSTandtypicalNeanderthalmtDNA,butneitherofthebranchesdefiningthoselineages | ZavalaNature2021 | |||
| Denisova25 | Neandersovan | 183050 BC | M | PeyrégneKelsoBioRxiv2025 | |||
| M65 | Neandersovan | 137550 BC | Neanderthal:groupwithNeanderthalsinphylogenetictreesbuiltwithpreviouslypublishedhomininmtDNAs,specificallywithDenisova5,Denisova15,Mezmaiskaya1andScladinaI-4A | ZavalaNature2021 | |||
| Denisova2 | Neandersovan | 136950 BC | F | DN2 | SlonScience2017 | ||
| Denisova8 | Neandersovan | 121000 BC | M | A0000-T | DN2 | PetrbioRxiv2020; Petr et al. 2020 | |
| Denisova15 | Neandersovan | 108900 BC | ND1a | DoukaNature2019 | |||
| Altai | Neandersovan | 108500 BC | F | ND1a | PrueferNature2013, PrueferNature2013 (this is the reprocessed data from Pruefer2017); PrueferNature2014; PrüferPääboNature2013 | ||
| E202 | Neandersovan | 106550 BC | Neanderthal:groupwithNeanderthalsinphylogenetictreesbuiltwithpreviouslypublishedhomininmtDNAs(SupplementaryInformationsection7),specificallywithDenisova5,Denisova15,Mezmaiskaya1andScladinaI-4A | ZavalaNature2021 | |||
| E213 | Neandersovan | 106550 BC | Neanderthal:groupwithNeanderthalsinphylogenetictreesbuiltwithpreviouslypublishedhomininmtDNAs(SupplementaryInformationsection7),specificallywithDenisova5,Denisova15,Mezmaiskaya1andScladinaI-4A | ZavalaNature2021 | |||
| Denisova11 | Neandersovan | 96750 BC | F | ND1b1* | SlonNature2018; BrownSciRep2016; SlonPääboNature2018 | ||
| Denisova4 | Neandersovan | 67700 BC | M | A0000 | DN1a1 | PetrbioRxiv2020 | |
| Denisova | Neandersovan | 61950 BC | F | DN1a1 | MeyerScience2012 (higher coverage data from an individual originally published in ReichNature2010), MeyerScience2012 (version reporocessed in Pruefer2017, higher coverage data from an individual originally published in ReichNature2010), ReichNature2010; MeyerScience2012 first reported in KrauseNature2010; ReichPääboNature2010 | ||
| S90 | Paleo_Europe_Early | 45050 BC | ModernHuman | ZavalaNature2021 | |||
| E250 | Siberia_East_Paleo | 30550 BC | ModernHuman | ZavalaNature2021 | |||
| E254 | Siberia_East_Paleo | 30550 BC | ModernHuman | ZavalaNature2021 | |||
| DCP1 | Siberia_ANE | 22053 BC | F | EsselMeyerNature2023 |