30,000-year-old finger bone fossil reveals unknown strain of humans

A 30,000-YEAR-OLD fossil finger bone found in a Siberian cave belonged to a previously unknown strain of human, scientists said yesterday.

The surprising discovery came after researchers analysed unusually well-preserved DNA from the bone.

The findings, reported yesterday in the journal Nature, confirmed that the specimen came from a young girl who was neither “modern human” nor Neanderthal.