A Denisovan girl’s fossil tooth may have been unearthed in Laos
A molar adds to suspicions that the mysterious hominids inhabited Southeast Asia's forests
![a fossil tooth that may have belonged to a Denisovan girl, shown from multiple angles](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/051622_bb_denisovan-teeth_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A newly discovered fossil tooth (shown from multiple angles) from Southeast Asia probably belonged to a Denisovan girl who lived between 164,000 and 131,000 years ago, scientists say.
F. Demeter et al/Nature Communications 2022