
Trapped in Ice: The Paleolithic World
Tides of History
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The Origins of Tianan Man
Tianan man lived between 39 and forty two thousand years ago. He was an early branch off the common lineage we've been talking about, but a different branch than usti shim man. Their ancestors had diverged a while before ustishim man had lived. In the time after that divergence, tianan man's ancestors interbred with a population of denisevins. They were more closely related to present day east urasians than people who to day live on the western side of urasia.
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