Piece of petrous bone from a ~9,500-year-old individual from Bianbian Cave, Shandong, China (IMAGE)

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Piece of petrous bone from a ~9,500-year-old individual from Bianbian Cave, Shandong, China

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Piece of petrous bone from a ~9,500-year-old individual from Bianbian Cave, Shandong, China. This individual was part of a northern ancestry group found along the Yellow River and up into the eastern steppes of Siberia

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