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science reporter Belinda Smith

Ancient human DNA extracted from 20,000-year-old deer tooth pendant found in Denisova Cave

This small, ancient pendant yielded some pretty major insights into its wearer. (Supplied: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

Scraps of ancient DNA coaxed out of a deer tooth pendant show it likely hung around the neck of a woman or girl around 20,000 years ago.

We don't know what she looked like, but she was related to a population of humans further east of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia, in which the pendant was unearthed.

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