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A few years ago in a cave in Russia, archaeologists found a bone belonging to an ancient human who had a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father.  She was nicknamed Denny: this is the only first-generation hybrid hominin ever found. Further detailed studies of the genes of Denny’s Denisovan father were found to contain fragments of Neanderthal DNA. These indicated that interbreeding between the two species had also occurred at an earlier time. Past studies have provided clear evidence that Denisovans and modern humans interbred, and also that Neanderthals and modern humans mated with each. Now, there is dramatic evidence of Denisovan and Neanderthal intermingling. After the unearthing of a Neanderthal-Denisovan fossil, UK scientists are using groundbreaking techniques to learn more of the species’ complex bonds with humans Robin McKie Of all the ancient peoples that have been studied by scientists, none has set puzzles quite so profound as those left behind by the Denisovans. Only a