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This is not a small sensation, since in archeology the discovery of the remains of a man who lived in ancient times is itself in itself is considered a rare success. And here are the bones of a man who lived in Siberia more than fifty thousand years ago.
We’ll clarify right away that before that it was believed that Siberia was inhabited ancient people about ten thousand years ago, and people came here from Europe or southern Asia.
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For this reason, this find of human remains in the parking lot “Tuyana”, which is located near modern Irkutsk, may even close a certain gap in archeology by responding to such burning questions: when did people appear on the territory of Russia and who they were. Scientists are considering two main versions:
- it may be the oldest homo sapiens throughout Eurasia, which undermines previous perceptions of periods of settlement Homo sapiens across the continents;
- discovery can be a real world sensation if it turns out that the remains belong to a new kind of person, yet unknown science – this is also not excluded.
True, all this will be revealed to researchers when geneticists will decipher the DNA of the remains of a person found in Siberia, and also after a more thorough study of its habitat. The experts We are sure that new surprises await them, since their plans include more thoroughly examine not only the sites around the parking lot “Tuyana”, but also throughout the vast Tukinsky valley. Archaeologists are good understand that Siberia, as preserved for millennia territory, stores a myriad of ancient secrets.
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