Genetic data from fossils found at Denisova Cave
A) indicate that Neanderthals and other hominins of the time were genetically isolated.
B) show that the Denisovans, a population that predates 50,000 years, share a common ancestor with Neanderthals postdating the Neanderthal-human split.
C) show that a very small-bodied form of Homo ergaster or erectus evolved in Europe.
D) show that the Denisovans are a form of Neanderthal.

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The genetic data from fossils found at Denisova Cave show that the Denisovans share a common ancestor with Neanderthals but diverged from them around 430,000 years ago, which postdates the Neanderthal-human split. This suggests that there were multiple lineages of hominins coexisting in Eurasia during the Pleistocene epoch.

Genetic Data from Fossils Found at Denisova Cave