Chagyrskaya, a mere 106 km from Denisova, has yielded another Neander genome. A full one, like Altai and Vindija.
Altai and Vindija are different: Vindija is close to the Neanders who mixed with us, and Altai was an entire dead-end. This one is a Vindija-like.
I expect they are ALL dead-ends, that the main mixing with our ancestors occurred in the Near East. Mostly what this does is fine-tune the Neander genome basal to Vindija and to our ancestors. For those interested, it also shows how Neanders spread through Eurasia - very small bands. No match for us, and not really a match for each other.
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