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<p>A 30,000-year-old fossil finger bone found in a Siberian cave belonged to a previously unknown strain of human, scientists say.</p>
<p>The surprising discovery came after researchers analysed unusually well-preserved DNA from the bone.</p>
<p>The findings, reported in the journal Nature, confirmed that the specimen came from a young girl who was neither &#8220;modern human&#8221; nor Neanderthal.</p>
<p>Instead she belonged to a separate, now extinct, branch of the human family tree scientists have named Denisovians, after Denisova Cave in southern Siberia where the fossil was found.</p>
<p>A molar tooth recovered from the cave is also believed to be from a Denisovian individual.</p>
<p>It looks different from the teeth of modern humans and Neanderthals, and more closely resembles those of much older human ancestors such as Homo erectus.</p>
<p>The finds alter the story of human evolution, suggesting the Neanderthals had an Asian sister group that broke away on their own evolutionary path before dying out.</p>
<p>Most scientists believe ancestors of the Neanderthals left Africa between 300,000 and 400,000 years ago to establish themselves in Europe and Eurasia.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the direct ancestors of modern humans, Homo sapiens, remained and evolved in Africa.</p>
<p>They headed out of Africa 70,000 to 80,000 years ago and for a time co-existed with the soon-to-be-extinct Neanderthals.</p>
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