AnnaAnthro<p>Wowza! A Mysterious human fossil jaw found in Taiwan was a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Denisovan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denisovan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hominid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hominid</span></a>! Very far south from its initial find location.</p><p>“…a fossilized jawbone discovered more than 20ya named Penghu 1 was dredged up by fishing crews 25 km off the west coast of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01090-3?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=b4a80dca8b-nature-briefing-daily-20250411&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-b4a80dca8b-50104660" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-01090-3?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=b4a80dca8b-nature-briefing-daily-20250411&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-b4a80dca8b-50104660</span></a></p>