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- ↑ "The Game-Changing Technique Behind an Amazing New Archaeological Discovery". The Atlantic. 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "The long road to Denisova Cave". Nature Ecology and Evolution. 30 January 2019.
- ↑ Zimmer, Carl (30 January 2019). "High Ceilings and a Lovely View: Denisova Cave Was Home to a Lost Branch of Humanity". The New York Times.
- ↑ "ERC Annual report 2018" (PDF). Europa.
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