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UPSC 2019: The word 'Denisovan' is sometimes mentioned in media in reference to
(a)fossils of a kind of dinosaurs
(b)an early human species
(c)a cave system found in North-East India
(d)a geological period in the history of Indian subcontinent
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) an early human species
‘Denisovan’ refers to an extinct archaic human (hominin) species/sub-species whose DNA was first recovered from fossils in the Denisova Cave in Siberia; it is not a dinosaur, cave system, or archaeological period. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisovan?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2019, GS Paper 1, as Question 92. It falls under Science & Technology > Biology.
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