Denisovan /dɨˈnɪsəvən/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Of or pertaining to an extinct grouping of the genus Homo that lived in the Altay Mountains some 41,000 years ago. Of the species Homo longi (“Dragon Man”).Denisovan Man is the first human relative to have been identified purely from DNA, extracted from the bone and a tooth found in the Denisova cave in the Altai mountains of southern Siberia. — 2010 noun1 •A member of an extinct grouping of the genus Homo that lived in the Altay Mountains some 41,000 years ago. A member of the species Homo longi (“Dragon Man”).And yet, despite their having the entire genome of a Denisovan, Dr. Paabo cannot say much yet about what they were like. — 2010 formsDenisovans
